MtnDiver
Guest
Well, spent the last six days in Cabo at the Westin Resort.
Didn't get to dive once during that time thanks to good 'ol Hurricane Howard churning himself off the tip of Baja. Waves were too high, vis. was crappy, and the CSL Marina was closed on all available dive days for me.
Couldn't even get any snorkelling in because the beach at the Westin was black flagged all the days we were there. Oh well, at least I didn't have to pay for it. (my company sends all employees and spouses on an all-expenses paid trip every year). Can't complain about spending almost a week at a 5-star hotel on the company tab!
Anyway, to kind of reiterate on what others have said, the Westin is very nice. It is located about 18km east of downtown CSL and about 4-5km west of San Jose del Cabo. There is a shuttle available into both towns which runs $11 round-trip and runs once an hour. (Hint: If you sit through the 90 minute Club Regina presentation, they will give you free shuttle service the entire time you are there + $100 towards your room bill (or a single activity of your choice)).
The food and drinks at the Westin are pretty expensive, although with our room package we had a free breakfast buffet and free hours d'ouvres and drinks every day from 5-7. Not sure if all packages contain those perks, but ours did. (Another hint: You can walk over to the "Deli" on the Club Regina side, actually a little convienence-type store and get cheaper beer and water and such).
I have to say, however, that although on the high end price-wise, the food at the Westin was excellent!
We had booked our dives through Underwater Diversions. They are located on the marina in downtown CSL. They seemed like a very pleasant group, wish we could have dove with them. They promised that we would get our deposit for our group back, will let you know how that goes. They did point us in the right direction (just a couple of doors down) for some cheap but good drinks/food.
This was my first time to Los Cabos and I hope to make it back someday to actually dive next time (guess I'll have to book my own trip, not during hurricane season). :-D
I know several of you are headed that way in the next month or so, hopefully you will have better weather than I did. I'll be happy to answer any questions that any of you have.
I'll post some pictures in the next few days, too bad they're all from above water...
Didn't get to dive once during that time thanks to good 'ol Hurricane Howard churning himself off the tip of Baja. Waves were too high, vis. was crappy, and the CSL Marina was closed on all available dive days for me.
Couldn't even get any snorkelling in because the beach at the Westin was black flagged all the days we were there. Oh well, at least I didn't have to pay for it. (my company sends all employees and spouses on an all-expenses paid trip every year). Can't complain about spending almost a week at a 5-star hotel on the company tab!
Anyway, to kind of reiterate on what others have said, the Westin is very nice. It is located about 18km east of downtown CSL and about 4-5km west of San Jose del Cabo. There is a shuttle available into both towns which runs $11 round-trip and runs once an hour. (Hint: If you sit through the 90 minute Club Regina presentation, they will give you free shuttle service the entire time you are there + $100 towards your room bill (or a single activity of your choice)).
The food and drinks at the Westin are pretty expensive, although with our room package we had a free breakfast buffet and free hours d'ouvres and drinks every day from 5-7. Not sure if all packages contain those perks, but ours did. (Another hint: You can walk over to the "Deli" on the Club Regina side, actually a little convienence-type store and get cheaper beer and water and such).
I have to say, however, that although on the high end price-wise, the food at the Westin was excellent!
We had booked our dives through Underwater Diversions. They are located on the marina in downtown CSL. They seemed like a very pleasant group, wish we could have dove with them. They promised that we would get our deposit for our group back, will let you know how that goes. They did point us in the right direction (just a couple of doors down) for some cheap but good drinks/food.
This was my first time to Los Cabos and I hope to make it back someday to actually dive next time (guess I'll have to book my own trip, not during hurricane season). :-D
I know several of you are headed that way in the next month or so, hopefully you will have better weather than I did. I'll be happy to answer any questions that any of you have.
I'll post some pictures in the next few days, too bad they're all from above water...