Dive Review of Carlos Scuba/Costa Club in
Mexico (Western)/Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo

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Carlos Scuba/Costa Club, Mar, 2000, by Peter Belden, CA, USA . Report 293.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo is not a dive destination. This was the worst dive of my life. Only a few small brown fish, like diving in pea soup. Rough boat ride to get there. Current/surge was relatively strong. Water was too cold for a 3 mm wetsuit. We had thought originally about doing 2 dives but decides on just 1 after realizing it was so lame. The Costa Club in Ixtapa was sort of a low quality Club Med type all inclusive place with particularly bad food. Got dragged there by a bunch of non-diving friends looking for an all inclusive place. Club Meds are way better. The pool was nice though at least.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Curacao, Grand Turk, Monterey CA, Moorea, Ixtapa, Coronados Island, Cozumel, Belize, Maui, Little Cayman, Channel Islands, Vancouver BC, La Paz
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	surge
Water Temp	70-75°F / 21-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-40 Ft/ 9-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	We circled a pinnacle. Had to follow DM to avoid excess current/surge.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Carlos Scuba/Costa Club in Mexico (Western)/Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo

Carlos Scuba/Costa Club, Mar, 2000,

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Dive Review of Carlos Scuba/Costa Club in
Mexico (Western)/Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo