A trip report when you get back, I'd be really interested to hear about your dives. As you said, I am a "n00b" too, only 7 dives, so not going on a night dive to the sand falls is a good idea.MtnDiver:
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Ideas for Diving Cabo san Lucas?
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MtnDiver
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dlndavid:
I'll be sure to post a full report complete with pictures (hopefully).
dlndavid:
I have been to the sand falls and we definitely did not go down to 100'. Cabo Pulmo is a long and bumpy ride. I would not go all that way without talking to them. They seem to return Email for me at least.Bring water and watch out for cattle on the road.
WaterWayne
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Brian Gilpin:
Bearing in mind that my first visit there will be in early Sep., from what I've researched, there seem to be two sand falls? One is off Land's End, which is apparently more shallow (one dive op put it at 90'), and the other sand fall off Neptune's Finger (La Larga) is larger and deeper. Brian, are those dive op postings accurate? As a newly-minted AOW diver myself, I'd like to know in advance as much as possible before signing up remotely.
Brian Gilpin:
This map shows 9 sandfalls, all at different depths.
http://www.loscabosguide.com/diving/divemap.htm
This one is more than likely the "sandfalls" most refer to:
SAND FALLS - Discovered by Jacques Costeau, the Sand Falls start at 90 feet and descends to 120 feet. Steep sand banks cascading into the canyon with many tropical fish.
http://www.cabosanlucasactivities.com/cabo_dive_sites.html
So a night dive at 120' for someone recently certified to only dive to 60' in the daylight might not be such a good idea.
I think mntdiver knows this too, as I do.
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JustinW
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ok my dates are set now, i will be there september 23-26th
MtnDiver
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I saw that site too and that was what I was basing my comments on about the Sand Falls depth.dlndavid:
I'm leaving Wed (9/1) for Cabo!!!
Diving 2 local dives on 9/3 and 2 dives at Cabo Pulmo on 9/4.
All dives booked with Underwater Diversions de Cabo.
Hopefully that tropical mess south of there will stay south and won't ruin things...
Look for a review sometime next week.
Sorry this is a bit late info, but here are my 2 psi....
I have used Amigos del Mar whenever diving in Cabo San Lucas and always had good results. They are also the operators of the Solmar V liveaboard that plies the Sea of Cortez and the Socorro Islands. I would drop them a line just to get general info, prices, or to establish a good raport if you dedice to use them (www.amigosdelmar.com). They have Cabo Pulmo and Gorda Banks as normal trips, but will not take you there unless you have done at least a day diving with them so they can check your bouyancy, experience, etc.
You can also rent a car and drive to La Paz (very nice drive) and take a 2.5 hr boat ride to a sea lion rookery to either dive or snorkel with them.
If anybody wants more detailed info, please PM me and I will be glad to get the logbooks out.
Another suggestion: Sea of Cortez Marine Invertebrates by Alex Kerstitch is a pretty good book you can take with you. There are lots and lots of little critters there.
Maria
I have used Amigos del Mar whenever diving in Cabo San Lucas and always had good results. They are also the operators of the Solmar V liveaboard that plies the Sea of Cortez and the Socorro Islands. I would drop them a line just to get general info, prices, or to establish a good raport if you dedice to use them (www.amigosdelmar.com). They have Cabo Pulmo and Gorda Banks as normal trips, but will not take you there unless you have done at least a day diving with them so they can check your bouyancy, experience, etc.
You can also rent a car and drive to La Paz (very nice drive) and take a 2.5 hr boat ride to a sea lion rookery to either dive or snorkel with them.
If anybody wants more detailed info, please PM me and I will be glad to get the logbooks out.
Another suggestion: Sea of Cortez Marine Invertebrates by Alex Kerstitch is a pretty good book you can take with you. There are lots and lots of little critters there.
Maria
sharkdiver00:
There are several of us here planning our trips to Cabo, and others asking questions. So any info is appreciated.
Thanks Maria
WaterWayne
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sharkdiver00:
Helpful folks, I'm wondering about the importance of establishing pre-trip contact with local operators. In planning my Baja Cal trip (leaving tomorrow
), I've only received responses from three of the six operators I've emailed over the last several weeks, including Amigos Del Mar most recently. Of those three responses, only one directly responded to my not-so-hard questions. For instance, I'm trying to judge my eligibility for certain dive sites that seem to be on the margin of my own capabilities and experience. I'm also trying to arrange as much as possible for inclusion in minimum-party trips like night dives. (Incidentally, I've also emailed in Spanish if I intuited that it's the other person's preferred language.) Here's my question: Is it fair to eliminate a dive op from my further consideration if they don't answer email, or they answer only with a standard list of prices? In all my travel, both diving and non-diving, I think I need advance info for scheduling and budgeting, rather than simply showing up at a dive shop with a credit card but without a clue. What do y'all think?
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