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Dive Review of Quino el Guardian in
Mexico (Western)/Revillagigedo

Quino el Guardian: "Mantas! Hammerheads! Whalesharks! Dolphins!", Nov, 2020,

by Mary Adams, MD, US (Sr. Contributor Sr. Contributor 27 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 11655 has 1 Helpful vote.

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

Accommodations 4 stars Food 5 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 5 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments The boat is noisy everywhere. Bring noise-canceling earphones. Quad rooms with bunks. 4 heads on deck, each with a shower. 2 sinks with mirrors. Dining room perfectly adequate. Chef Miguel AWESOME!! Milk crate storage under your tank seat. Diving from RIBs. Do let the crew help you enter and exit the RIBs. Backroll off RIBs. After the dive remove weights, BCD, and fins and hand them to RIB crew before climbing ladder. Dives are deep, 80-110 feet, so mostly less than an hour. We dived San Benedicto, Socorro, and Roca Partida. All spectacular. Dr. Deni Ramirez was researching pregnant whale sharks, with the objective to obtain ultrasounds. She had a black box with a wand and was able to ultrasound a few pregnant whale sharks. Awesome.
My only complaint was that the dive leaders wanted to descend, swim furiously against the current for 30 minutes, then ascend. I noticed early that if my Buddy & I stayed still, the dolphins, whale sharks, and mantas came to us. So the RIB had to come fetch us. Not a problem for me. The hammerheads were deep ~100 feet, and there were hundreds of them. Spectacular. I highly recommend this trip and will do it again soon.
Websites Quino el Guardian   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Cuba, Bonaire, Cozumel, Florida Keys, Clearwater FL, Bimini, Roatan, Kona, North Carolina, Flower Garden Banks, Caymans, Palau, Chuuk, Turks and Caicos.
Closest Airport San Jose del Cabo Getting There Delta from DC through Atlanta. Covid affidavit that I had no symptoms. Temp check on arrival.

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy Seas calm, choppy
Water Temp 79-83°F / 26-28°C Wetsuit Thickness 2
Water Visibility 50-110 Ft/ 15-34 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions [Unspecified]
Liveaboard? yes Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks Lots Mantas Squadrons
Dolphins Schools Whale Sharks > 2
Turtles None Whales None
Corals 1 stars Tropical Fish 3 stars
Small Critters 3 stars Large Fish 4 stars
Large Pelagics 5 stars

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

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 5 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 5 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Big camera table, compressed air, cloths, charging ports. Computer desk in salon for uploading.
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