Dive Review of Quino El Guardian in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

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Quino El Guardian : "Bunk Bed Was Like a Coffin", Sep, 2024, by Dean C, CO, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 13102.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Bunk Bed Was Like a Coffin I spent a week diving on Mexican Liveaboards’ boat Quino El Guardian in September 2024 in the Sea of Cortez. The itinerary started in Puerto Peñasco and made it as far south as the Midriff Islands. The boat wasn’t even half full with only 7 passengers out of 18 berths. There are a few reasons for this which I’ll highlight below but it worked for us. It was a good week of solid diving but not mind blowing like Socorro, Malpelo, or Indonesia. It is a worthy trip nonetheless and conveniently located to the Western US. With diving locations like Punta Diablo, Friday the 13th falling at the end of the itinerary, and a tropical storm on the prowl in the Sea of Cortez may sound like a recipe for loads of drama. Happily, there was none other than repositioning to the north a day early to avoid the storm. When we returned, Puerto Peñasco was closed to outbound traffic which did delay the departure of their sister ship Rocio Del Mar. The diving was solid but lacking in a lot of bigger creatures other than sea lions which were the stars of the trip. They are always entertaining as they sveltely twisted and turned around us. They seemed to smirk at our lack of mobility as they zoomed past and greedily hogged the attention of videographers. Locations like Nudi Cove delivered for macro photographers with many varieties of the colorful critters. We even spotted a couple of frog fish. One was a lemon-yellow color hiding in the black coral, this, of course, was also a matching yellow color. In another location, a frog fish with a purplish tone was hiding in a seam of a rock formation. Finding it was an impressive discovery by one of our divers. A few hammerheads were visible in the distance but they quickly turned tail when they were spotted unfortunately. No other sharks were seen except whale sharks on the last day. Snorkeling with them was part of the itinerary. Always rewardi ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Quino El Guardian
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Indonesia, Fiji, Australia, Malaysia, Mexico, Florida, California, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Red Sea, and other inland reservoirs.
Closest Airport	Phoenix	Getting There	Colorado to Phoenix. Van to boat in Puerto Peñasco
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	84-91°F / 29-33°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	10-70 Ft/ 3-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive as a loose group and limited to 50 min dives.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	> 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	1 or 2
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Provided a camera table with charging stations in the center of the dive deck that had air hoses for drying cameras. Could get crowded. Rinse bucket could be bigger. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Quino El Guardian in Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

Quino El Guardian : "Bunk Bed Was Like a Coffin", Sep, 2024,

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Dive Review of Quino El Guardian in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez