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Dive Review of Dive Gurus/La Pasada in
Mexico (Western)/La Paz

Dive Gurus/La Pasada: "Not a Dive Destination, but a Destination you can dive", Oct, 2022,

by Kevin Darnell, TX, US (Contributor Contributor 18 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 12294.

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

Accommodations 5 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity 4 stars
Dive Operation 3 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 2 stars
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 2 stars
Comments First of all, La Paz was a really neat city. The Malecon along the main street and beach was very nice and both locals and tourists enjoyed the 4 mile track. La Pasada was a very nice hotel on the beach with a nice Pool area, Restaurant, and Bar. Now to the diving. We selected Dive Gurus because of the reviews on Undercurrent and Trip Advisor and their website. The website boasts numerous Dive sites including El Bahio, an open water seamount where schooling hammerheads typically were seen. The rides to the dive sites range from 2 to 3 1/2 hours each way on a small 6 pack style boat. The ladder on the boat was extremely short barely extending into the water and was very difficult to get back on the boat. Los Isoletes Sea Lion Colony was the most memorable dive probably because we did it 4 times in a week. The sea lions were curious and fun to dive, a few times. The Fang Ming Wreck would have been a good dive with a torch but no-one advised us to bring one and none were available.
The morning we were going to El Bahio we had a 3 1/2 hour boat ride to the site to have them not be able to find the sea mount. So we stopped back at the Sea Lion Colony to do that again.
Overall La Paz is a nice destination if you want to dive a day or two but not a good location to dive every day.
Websites Dive Gurus   La Pasada

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving [Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Turks & Caicos, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Roatan, Utila, Australia, Palau, Yap, Fiji, Maldives, Cocos Island. Florida Keys, Belize, Cuba, BVI
Closest Airport Cabo SanLucas Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 78-80°F / 26-27°C Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility 25-80 Ft/ 8-24 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions 1 Hour time limit
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas 1 or 2
Dolphins Schools Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales 1 or 2
Corals 1 stars Tropical Fish 3 stars
Small Critters 3 stars Large Fish 3 stars
Large Pelagics 4 stars

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

Subject Matter 3 stars Boat Facilities 1 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 2 stars Shore Facilities 1 stars
UW Photo Comments Water clarity was poor on most sites which made photography difficult
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