[Mexico] Trip Report : OCT.02- OCT.08, 2021, LA PAZ CRUISE

Valentina LA PAZ !!

【Oct02, 2021 Trip Report #1】

02/10/2021
17:00 Guest arrival, check in to each cabin
18:30 Crew presentation and general briefing
Free time. Evening town walk and dinner.
22:00 All guest back on board.
23:00 Departure.

 

03/10/2021
Day 2 Isla Cerralvo (La Reina )
06:00 Activity start
07:00 Safty briefing of boat Valentina
08:00 Dive #1
09:00 Breakfast
10:30 Dive #2
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Dive #3
16:30 Dive #4
19:00 Dinner
The first day started with very good ocean condition,
visibility 75F, water temperture 82F.
All four dives were without current, very nice dive with lots fish.
Many differnt type of school of fish made an impressive scene, such as jack, filefish, machete, grunt, etc. Sea Lions jumping into those fish made all divers excited!

 

04/10/2021
Day 3 Isla Espíritu Santo ( El bajo )
Looked like it’s going to be very windy later this week, we changed the route and dove El Bajo today before it gets rough.
07:00 Activity start
08:00 Dive #1
09:00 Breakfast
11:00 Dive #2
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Dive #3
Navigate toward San Jose Island.
19:00 Dinner
Ocean condition was perfect.
Visibility 90ft, water temperture 84F, no curret….. but unfortinately
we were not lucky enough to meet hammerhead sharks 😥
Still, it was good dives with migratory fish swimming around the
blue water. Probably water was too warm for hammerhead.

 

 

 

05/10/2021
Day4 Las Ánimas
06:30 Activity start
07:30 Dive #1
09:00 Breakfast
10:30 Dive #2
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Dive #3
16:30 Dive #4
19:00 Dinner
Visibility 45ft, water temperture 82-84F.
First 2dives were so perfect with hammerhead sharks,
dolphin and sea lions.
When we found hammerhead below and dophins over us,
didn´t know which to focus, just being so excited!!
For last 2 dives, we choose shallow point and played a lot
with sea lions and guadalupe fur seal.
All 4 dives were perfect today😊😊

 

 

06/10/2021
Día 5 Isla San Francisquito (Lobera)
07:00 Activity start
08:00 Dive #1
09:00 Breakfast
10:30 Dive #2
12:30 Lunch
Travesía hacia Isla Espíritu Santo
15:30 Dive #3
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Dive #4 Night dive with mobulas.

First two dives at San Francisquito was under less condition than yesterday.Visibility 30ft, water temperture 82F. During our second dive, currents got quite stronger.
Even though, the huge herd of barracuda and horse mackerel that have been out this year were waiting there to make divers happy.
Sea lion was very friendly, too.
At night dive, around 20 mobulas came arround us and showed us acrobatic scene.

 

07/10/2021

Día 6 Los Islotes
06:30 Activity start
07:30 Dive #1
09:00 Breakfast
10:30 Dive #2
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Dive #3
16:30 Dive #4
19:00 Dinner
Condition got much better when we arrive back to Espiritu Santo Island.
Visibility 60ft, water temperture 82F.
Baby sea lions were more powerful than last trip, they are now with confidence and playing around the rock with high speed swim!!

 

 

08/10/2021
Day7 FANG MING / Swanee REEF
07:00 Activity start
08:00 Dive #1
09:00 Breakfast
11:00 Dive #2
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Souvenir shopping and payment
16:00 transfer all guests to each hotel after disembarking.

The last day was starting with our routine to say hello to
the turtle at Fang Ming and finishing at peaceful Swanee Reef.
Thank you all our guest coming with us and making this
trip so fun and safe! Hope to see you soon 😘😘😘

 

 

★★★ Guest Comments ★★★

  1. Thanks Diego, Maria, Lorenzo + crew! Great care of us was taken and beautiful Sea of Cortez.
  2. Don’t lose the cook 😊
  3. Great service, great crew, great dives, great food!
  4. Maybe some hammocks in the shade.
    Crew shirts with the names on it.
    Thank you for this great trip!
  5. PADI booking had slow response time. Booked credit card 1 week too early!
    Make more use of sun deck?
  6. Great trip. Check-in info from Japan reservation center was wrong(time) but I all worked out ok.
  7. Excellent crew. Delicious food. Knowledgeable dive masters. Great guides. Nice boat. Top #1 on everyone. I’d come back again.
  8. Less rooms with bunkbed. Lack of places to sit down in the room with bunkbed when bunkbed is not used. Otherwise, very good crew, diving boat and great food!
  9. Excellent trip! Thanks to everyone.
  10. A great value. Fantastic crew. Will recommend to others.