marin2sher
New
Recently dove the La Paz area. Stayed at Cantamar and used their dive service, Baja Diving & Service. The infrastructure at Cantamar and the food were ok, no complaints. However, BD&S was terrible. Never checked our C cards. The boats are cattle trawlers, slow and unreliable. The resort is closer to the dive sites but the boats are the last to arrive at any site, if they get there at all. On your first dive day you will be assigned to a boat that broke down yesterday and the day before, and the previous day...We watched this happen day after day. One day the boat we were on totally broke down -- no diving, just a six hour journey of engine covers, grease and diesel fumes. There appears to be a merry-go-round of ad-hoc divemasters who are overwhelmed and exercise poor judgement: a brand new diver getting certified that day was allowed to attempt to dive in a extremely strong current at La Reina. He was blown off the dive site by himself and ended up on another boat. Stay away from Cantamar boats and Baja Diving & Service.
