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Correct, no night diving. I did see some flashlights and a boat out in the water while I was eating dinner at Secrets last week.
Hopefully they were just diving and not poaching
 
^The reason was stated earlier in the thread.
 
^The reason was stated earlier in the thread.
10 days back I noticed a reduction in snapper and other larger fish the closer I got to town.
 
Hopefully they were just diving and not poaching
I don't think that has ever been controlled, has it? I'd expect it to be a lot worse now.

10 days back I noticed a reduction in snapper and other larger fish the closer I got to town.
Famine can do that.
 
All night diving is prohibited. Period. I tried, with many different ops.
Now, please don't take this as a challenge, only a clarification scenario. If I were staying at a hotel where they furnished tanks for shore diving, and the dive shop closed at 5, and they left the full and empty tanks outside, would anyone know or care if I grabbed a tank after dark and went for a shore dive?
 
^The reason was stated earlier in the thread.

That there is illegal fishing going on in the park? What exactly does that have to do with diving? Or maybe diving is closed because the HM is covering for the illegal fishing and doesn't want any witnesses to it.
 
Now, please don't take this as a challenge, only a clarification scenario. If I were staying at a hotel where they furnished tanks for shore diving, and the dive shop closed at 5, and they left the full and empty tanks outside, would anyone know or care if I grabbed a tank after dark and went for a shore dive?
It's Mexico. You'd probably get away with it, especially if you were tossing some Benitos around.

But the situation you described is pretty unlikely.

  • Your hotel would be aware night diving is prohibited and isn't gonna leave tanks laying around after 5pm for guest use.
  • If for some reason you did find some tanks laying around and did some night diving, you might get away with it. You also might get back to shore and find some angry hotel employees/policia/federales/navy guys waiting for you. You think the hotel is gonna take the heat for you? Hell no they won't, they're gonna insist that you were specifically told night diving was prohibited and you used their tanks without permission. And then you can enjoy a nice hefty fine, maybe a night in jail and then look for a new hotel in the morning.
I have my own tanks in Coz I could have used, but I had zero interest in sneaking around for a risky night shore dive.
 
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