Dive Review of Rocio Del Mar in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

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Rocio Del Mar, Jul, 2013, by Bart Mertens, CA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 7435.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
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Comments	This trip was organized by Bluewater Photo Guide and was an UW photography workshop led by Todd Winner. Afterhours were spent reviewing pictures, going over UW photography set-up and techniques, and post-processing with LightRoom, all of which was extremely useful for anybody with little or medium UW photography skills. The diving was superb. This is not an area known for beautiful coral reefs and massive amounts of colorful fish. Instead we were treated to an entire day snorkeling with whale sharks in the Bay of Los Angeles, diving with sea lions, and other common critters were jaw fish (incl. the giant jaw fish), numerous octopi, nudis, seahorses, morays, dolphins, pike blennys, etc. Very different from the tropical Pacific. Snorkeling with the whale sharks was amazing; during the morning session the whale sharks were mainly smaller, skittish juveniles who were hard to catch on camera. However, in the afternoon the larger (25-30') adults showed up, were circling us everywhere and were not camera shy at all. Diving with the sea lions was also a lot of fun. The sperm whales unfortunately didn't show, which would only have been icing on the cake. The crew on the Rocio was very professional; dive masters Ray and Gilberto were excellent and great to dive with and to point out stuff. The food was also excellent. We typically did 4 dives per day: get up around 6:30, have small breakfast (cereal toast), followed by the first dive around 7:30, then warm breakfast (eggs, etc), then another dive around 10:30, lunch (fixed menu, usually soup and some yummie Mexican dish), another dive around 3, and then either a dusk or night dive, followed by dinner (also fixed menu, various dishes of various nationanalities, or a great Mexican BBQ on the top sundeck). All diving was done off the 2 pangas. Weather was great the entire week. Rooms were clean, relatively spacious, beds bunk-style, and en-suite bathrooms. The ship had a number of areas to hang out between dives, both indoor and outdoor. I would definitely dive with these guys again, maybe see the Socorros in a year or so.
Websites	Rocio Del Mar
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	California, Channel islands, Hawaii, Komodo, Raja Ampat, GBR
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	71-80°F / 22-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	One hour dive time max
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	> 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Large space for cameras on dive deck, rinse tanks, plenty of 120V outlets

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Dive Review of Rocio Del Mar in Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

Rocio Del Mar, Jul, 2013,

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Dive Review of Rocio Del Mar in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez