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

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Quino el Guardian: "Mantas! Hammerheads! Whalesharks! Dolphins!", Nov, 2020, by Mary Adams, MD, US ( 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		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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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
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Big camera table, compressed air, cloths, charging ports. Computer desk in salon for uploading.

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

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

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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