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Dive Review of Buceo Carey/Posada Luna Sol in
Mexico (Western)/La Paz

Buceo Carey/Posada Luna Sol, Nov, 2012,

by Dan Clements, WA, US (Contributor Contributor 15 reports). Report 6760.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations N/A Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity 5 stars
Dive Operation 4 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling 4 stars
Value for $$ 4 stars
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments After having a serious situation with Club Cantamar (contaminated air, fire on board without extinguisher, no O2 analyzer), my wife and I spent two trips to La Paz trying to find a good operator and base of operations for whale shark, sea lion, and other critter photography and diving.

Buceo Carey is an SSI operator right in the marina at the south end of the Malecon. Very easy to work with, boat operator was excellent, DM was also good, but we due to the fact several of us had dived the area previously we used him very little and dived our own profiles. Would very much recommend them.

For accommodations we stayed at Posada Luna Sol, which is a five minute walk to Buceo Carey. Very nice, and close to great restaurants. Mar y Adventuras is located at the hotel, and I highly recommend them for whale shark snorkeling in mornings.
Websites Buceo Carey   Posada Luna Sol

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, California, Mexico, Galapagos, Hawaii, Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas, Oman, Dubai.
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 82-84°F / 28-29°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions None: dive our own profiles.
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? no

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks > 2
Turtles None Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 4 stars Large Fish 4 stars
Large Pelagics 5 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 3 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 5 stars Shore Facilities 5 stars
UW Photo Comments Boat is a 10 pack with no rinse buckets, which was fine for our group of 10 underwater photographers from the Seattle area. Large rinse barrel on shore for big DSLR rigs.
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