As far as piers go, when we were there in the first week of Dec. we got picked up and one of the small downtown piers. I don't know "who's" pier it was but the point is we did not have to taxi to the Caletta every day.
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Augustus:as to the question about the new boat sinkings. Sorry no carnival boat but there are three naval boat that are slated to be sunk. Actually i thought that was going to happen last year but so far they are still above water. Two of the three are definintly smaller than the current ship in front of chancanab. The other is larger (not sure if its larger than the current wreck). I saw them in puerto abrigo back in dec. likely trying to decide where to sink them and also clean them up prior to sinking.
Augustus:this link will go to two photos of two of the naval ships that were slated to be sunk. http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2114777584 under title naval. its possible they are reconsidering this but i think the park service likes the idea of creating alternate dive sites to lessen the pressure of divers on the main reefs. Just a thought.