Baja diving in June

Hi, all.

It's been a few years since I've visited this newsgroup. Two of us are
planning a trip to Loreto or La Paz in June. Does anyone have any
specific recommendations for dive operators and/or places to stay?
We don't like roughing it too much in the hotel department, so we're
not really looking for the cheapest. We like to be "in town" or near
it, whatever that means. ...haven't been there before, so we don't
know the lay of the land.

Thanks,
Ginny

>It's been a few years since I've visited this newsgroup. Two of us are
>planning a trip to Loreto or La Paz in June. Does anyone have any
>specific recommendations for dive operators and/or places to stay?
>We don't like roughing it too much in the hotel department, so we're
>not really looking for the cheapest. We like to be "in town" or near
>it, whatever that means. ...haven't been there before, so we don't
>know the lay of the land.
>
>Thanks,
>Ginny
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Suggest checking on Baja Expeditions, and Los Arcos hotel (in town).
Might be some better places now--been a long while since I was there.

ginnysher@comcast.net (Ginny Sher) wrote in message news:<401e5ac4.1512265873@netnews.comcast.net>...
> Hi, all.
>
> It's been a few years since I've visited this newsgroup. Two of us are
> planning a trip to Loreto or La Paz in June. Does anyone have any
> specific recommendations for dive operators and/or places to stay?
> We don't like roughing it too much in the hotel department, so we're
> not really looking for the cheapest. We like to be "in town" or near
> it, whatever that means. ...haven't been there before, so we don't
> know the lay of the land.
>
> Thanks,
> Ginny

Hi Ginny. I see a reply posted here to you from Irby and I agree. I've
been diving there twice but both times I was on Baja Expeditions'
liveaboard, The Don Jose. We stayed at the Los Arcos hotel in La Paz
for the day/night before we flew home. It's a very nice hotel...has a
gift shop, restaurant, cocktail lounge, pool... very nice. And it's in
a great location in town so that you can walk to see most of the shops
and to get to other restaurants. Baja Expeditions has day boats and so
you can dive with them that way too. Their website is at :
http://www.bajaex.com/
Have a good trip !!

>>
>> It's been a few years since I've visited this newsgroup. Two of us are
>> planning a trip to Loreto or La Paz in June. Does anyone have any
>> specific recommendations for dive operators and/or places to stay?
>> We don't like roughing it too much in the hotel department, so we're
>> not really looking for the cheapest. We like to be "in town" or near
>> it, whatever that means. ...haven't been there before, so we don't
>> know the lay of the land.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ginny
>

Dont't know anything about Loreto except that it is a fishing destination. Have
dived in La Paz a number of times -- the last few on a liveaboard (Don Jose) but
also land based. Baja Expeditions offers a land based package with Los Arcos,
right on the waterfront in town, as mentioned. Their day trips are normally two
8o cf Al tank dives and a 63 cf dive-- the boat they use for day trips is relatively
slow, so it makes a long day, though they serve you breakfast, lunch and a PM
snack on board. The other operation in La Paz used to be called Baja Diving
Services or the Arcaleo Brothers , don't know what name they are using now.
They operate out of a base about ten miles out of town and use a whole flotilla of
different types of boats, mostly "six packs" but also larger. They will pick you up
at your in town hotel in the AM and deliver in the PM. Their location makes it about
one hour less to the main dive sites. They normally only serve a (cold) lunch and
do two dives.

The dive sites are rather few in number and everyone dives the same half dozen
or so sites. A typical day with Baja Expeditions day trip will be two dives at Los
Isolotes and one short one on the way back at the Silvatera Ferry (wreck) or two
at El Bajo and the Silvatera, etc.

Bill