Ixtapa?

[Freedive WI]

Al,

I had similar expericnces on my trips to Cabo and La Paz. I awlays wore a 6mm suit, and even thought about a dry suit for scuba diving a couple of times! There really is no coral to speak of, although Cabo Pulmo had a small reef, but the fish life was outstanding! There were schools of fish on top of schools of fish that would actually block out the sun when we were diving the underwater sandfalls off of the arch.

The vis was always in the 20-40' range, not cozumel but then we had whales and their calves jumping around all the time which we didn't get in cozumel.

La Paz might have been a little warmer, since it's further up the Sea of Cortez and gets more protection, but not much. It was dirt cheap to eat and drink there from what I remember.

When I was in La PAz I stayed at the Cortez club, which had just opened at the time. Now it's grown into a full blown Inspiration rebreather center and also a freediving center, during certain months of the year.

Jon