Cabo in March

[AKDeb]

I realize March is not the ideal time to dive but I will be attending a conference in San Jose del Cabo March 16-22 and will have a few free days and I would really like to dive. The accomodations are paid for in San Jose del Cabo so I will be looking for day trip locations from this area (which is just outside of Cabo San Lucas). I just earned my certification in January in Cozumel and logged about a dozen dives since then.

Any recommendations/suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[PaulChristenson]

I realize March is not the ideal time to dive but I will be attending a conference in San Jose del Cabo March 16-22 and will have a few free days and I would really like to dive. The accomodations are paid for in San Jose del Cabo so I will be looking for day trip locations from this area (which is just outside of Cabo San Lucas). I just earned my certification in January in Cozumel and logged about a dozen dives since then.

Any recommendations/suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Check out the following link

http://diver.net/seahunt/d_cabo.htm

Paul in VT

 

[yakivet]

Check out the following link

http://diver.net/seahunt/d_cabo.htm

Paul in VT

Paul-

I just read your above link. The report on Cabo was great, and sounds like the diving on Gordo Banks was quite an experience.

It might be a great dive for the experienced, but from the description, I don't think Gordo Banks is the right dive for someone that was newly certified in January and has only 12 Openwater dives under their belt.

There's a Great amount of "cool factor" here, but I don't think its the right reccomendation for a scuba newby to follow. I think "AKDEB" would be a lot better off picking one of the full service shops and getting wet.

Heres a link that might be of help. And I'm sure there are more if a search were to be done.

http://www.scubaboard.com/t77840-.html


Ken :42:

 

[PaulChristenson]

Paul-

I just read your above link. The report on Cabo was great, and sounds like the diving on Gordo Banks was quite an experience.

It might be a great dive for the experienced, but from the description, I don't think Gordo Banks is the right dive for someone that was newly certified in January and has only 12 Openwater dives under their belt.

There's a Great amount of "cool factor" here, but I don't think its the right reccomendation for a scuba newby to follow. I think "AKDEB" would be a lot better off picking one of the full service shops and getting wet.

Heres a link that might be of help. And I'm sure there are more if a search were to be done.

http://www.scubaboard.com/t77840-.html


Ken :42:

Ken ... I was giving her a flavor of the area...and if she read the article she would have noted the following quote...


"In any case, Cabo is really good if you want a tan, a drunk, good food or good fishing. Unfortunately the diving is a bit limited. There are more dive shops than there are dive sites. For a rock crawler like myself, there was not all that much to see. The best offering to divers is that the Cabo area can be excellent for encountering large pelagics. It is possible to see tuna, perhaps billfish and an occasional whale shark."


That was the real import of the article for beginning divers ...


Paul in VT

 

[yakivet]

Ken ... I was giving her a flavor of the area...and if she read the article she would have noted the following quote...


"In any case, Cabo is really good if you want a tan, a drunk, good food or good fishing. Unfortunately the diving is a bit limited. There are more dive shops than there are dive sites. For a rock crawler like myself, there was not all that much to see. The best offering to divers is that the Cabo area can be excellent for encountering large pelagics. It is possible to see tuna, perhaps billfish and an occasional whale shark."


That was the real import of the article for beginning divers ...


Paul in VT

I agree with you completely. No criticism intended. Ken :42:

 

[hdtran]

Check with your hotel concierge. There are several outfitters (Baja Wild comes to mind) which are based in San Jose, but contract with a dive shop in Cabo San Lucas or Cabo Pulmo for a day trip. They'll pick you up at your hotel in a van, drive you to the outfitter, get you kitted, put you on a boat, etc.