Casa Mexicana Update!

[deepsea21]

For many years many have criticized the Casa’s little swimming/wading pool. After 4 days of walking past the empty pool I noticed a couple in it the other night. All I could think was they must have polar bear blood this time of year. Upon returning from our AM dives this morning I walked over to the pool to stick my foot in and see just how cold it was. Well, to my shock and amazement I called my wife over, all gear was dropped and we sunk ourselves in the now heated pool and when I say heated I mean 99 degrees. YUP, for the winter the casa has is now heating the pool to spa temps! Why didn’t they think of this 15 years ago! Absolutely fantastic after some long December dives. So, this winter don’t walk right past the pool running for that hot shower!

 

[flyboy08]

Some say taking a warm shower/bath/hot tubby after a dive in a no no.....

 

[deepsea21]

Some say taking a warm shower/bath/hot tubby after a dive in a no no.....

Yes, some say but from what I’ve read most have concluded unless a diver became truly hypothermic at depth to the point the body restricted blood flow to extremities to maintain core body temp, hot showers, tubs and spas post dive present no proven or quantifiable medical risk. Someone who is truly hypothermic can’t be immersed in hot water as that rapidly restores circulation which drives cold blood in the extremities to the core which further lowers an already dangerously low core body temp which is why one is gradually warmed up in a medical environment .

 

[deepsea21]

I will also add that medical profs have presented the argument that for those doing multiple dives, day after day there is a benefit to taking hot showers or soaks between dives as it helps to support core temps, increases and maintains proper circulation, which in turn increases the rate of off-gassing thereby lowering the risk of DCS over days of repetitive diving.

 

[DandyDon]

So, this winter don’t walk right past the pool running for that hot shower!

You mean you get in the pool without showering first? NASTY

 

[deepsea21]

You mean you get in the pool without showering first? NASTY

Who the heck spends 2+ hours underwater and then showers before getting in a swimming pool? Looks like the Casa’s pool is off limits for you until after X-mas as I certainly don’t.

Let me guess, when possible you boil all your neoprene on a nightly basis.

 

[DandyDon]

Who the heck spends 2+ hours underwater and then showers before getting in a swimming pool?

The courteous ones.

 

[ggunn]

The courteous ones.

Whatever works for you, but I only rinse the salt off first because the hotel owner wants to keep the pool as salt free as possible. Otherwise I don't see what the issue is.

 

[Streydog]

The last time I stayed there a family had a baby in the pool wearing those swim diapers. That pool just isnt big enough.

 

[deepsea21]

I’d swallow a mouth full of Caribbean sea water or chlorinated Casa Mexicana pool water any day over a mouth full of San Miguel city water. Now heated to 99 degrees, what used to be the smallest swimming pool in San Miguel has become the largest hot spa in San Miguel! (But only for the winter months according to management). Of note, the pool contractor was changing the filters and testing the water to maintain proper water chemistry and chlorine levels while we were in it this afternoon.