I’m just back from the trip to Revillagigedo’s on the Quino el Guardian . The trip was amazing.
I flew from Glasgow to London to Dallas to Cabo. Flights took 33 hours on the way out with a 13 hour overnight layover in Dallas.
I stayed at the Hyatt Regency which was close to the airport and a really nice hotel- well worth the $150.
Got an Uber from just outside the airport for 20 dollars, the cabs at the airport are 60 dollars for the 30 minute trip to San Jose Del Cabo.
I boarded the Quino at 5pm and couldn’t fault the crew. Super friendly, willing to help with anything. There was always music playing on the dive deck, the dive guides were excellent, panga drivers were awesome and the Chef was very very good. We had a varied culinary experience which was a version of eggs in the morning plus the usual continental breakfast.
Lunch always started with soup then a fish or meat option. They were willing to make any changes as per dietary requirements however I had none so ate what was offered. Dinner was always a 3 course meal which usually started with a salad.
The Quino is a slightly slower boat so it took about 30 hours to get to San Benedicto.We got a safety briefing when we were underway and the crew answered any questions that we had.
Over 6 days of diving we did 21 dives, one day at Roca, 3 at Socorro and 2 at San Benidicto.
Sightings included everything you would expect, mantas on 18 out of the 21 dives, we had a 10 minute interaction with a pod of dolphins at cabo pierce which was my highlight of the trip. We had great action with the silvertips and Galapagos sharks at the cleaning station at the canyon. It’s by far the closest Iv ever been to silvertips. Our last day of diving was at the canyon and we had a super close pass with a massive tiger shark- It was a shame that that particular dive had the worst visibility of the whole trip.
Roca partida was great also/ massive yellow fin tuna hurtling themselves into schools of fish just above our heads. I never got to see the ledges of white tips as they were all out swimming when we dive there.
We had 1 dive at the boiler which we had to abort due to the current . We never saw a whale shark which was a shame but the rest of the diving more than made up for it. We went to the canyon after one dive at the boiler.
Dives were set at 50 mins - most of the dives were from 48-52 mins. Usually it was 25 mins at 24-26m then work up as per your computer . We dived 32% nitrox on the trip. Temperatures were between 26C-27C so water was pretty warm.
I will say that compared to the other offshore pacific destinations that the trip to Socorro had by far the most amount of swimming. It wasn’t a hold on and watch the show experience like Galapagos.
The only criticism of the Quino was that the boat creaked loudly in the cabins and the toilets are communal. I knew this before I went so it didn’t make a difference to me- but the boat was louder in the cabins than I was expecting. I would still 100% go back on the Quino however.
The wine and beer was all inclusive , which was a nice touch that most boats don’t include . I used the satellite phone 3 times and again it was $2 per minute which was reasonable.
Our diving guests were a great group, I knew one other diver but made a lot of friends on the trip.
Over all I’m delighted with my trip and am lucky to have completed it. I genuinely can’t split any of the eastern pacific liveaboard destinations .
I flew from Glasgow to London to Dallas to Cabo. Flights took 33 hours on the way out with a 13 hour overnight layover in Dallas.
I stayed at the Hyatt Regency which was close to the airport and a really nice hotel- well worth the $150.
Got an Uber from just outside the airport for 20 dollars, the cabs at the airport are 60 dollars for the 30 minute trip to San Jose Del Cabo.
I boarded the Quino at 5pm and couldn’t fault the crew. Super friendly, willing to help with anything. There was always music playing on the dive deck, the dive guides were excellent, panga drivers were awesome and the Chef was very very good. We had a varied culinary experience which was a version of eggs in the morning plus the usual continental breakfast.
Lunch always started with soup then a fish or meat option. They were willing to make any changes as per dietary requirements however I had none so ate what was offered. Dinner was always a 3 course meal which usually started with a salad.
The Quino is a slightly slower boat so it took about 30 hours to get to San Benedicto.We got a safety briefing when we were underway and the crew answered any questions that we had.
Over 6 days of diving we did 21 dives, one day at Roca, 3 at Socorro and 2 at San Benidicto.
Sightings included everything you would expect, mantas on 18 out of the 21 dives, we had a 10 minute interaction with a pod of dolphins at cabo pierce which was my highlight of the trip. We had great action with the silvertips and Galapagos sharks at the cleaning station at the canyon. It’s by far the closest Iv ever been to silvertips. Our last day of diving was at the canyon and we had a super close pass with a massive tiger shark- It was a shame that that particular dive had the worst visibility of the whole trip.
Roca partida was great also/ massive yellow fin tuna hurtling themselves into schools of fish just above our heads. I never got to see the ledges of white tips as they were all out swimming when we dive there.
We had 1 dive at the boiler which we had to abort due to the current . We never saw a whale shark which was a shame but the rest of the diving more than made up for it. We went to the canyon after one dive at the boiler.
Dives were set at 50 mins - most of the dives were from 48-52 mins. Usually it was 25 mins at 24-26m then work up as per your computer . We dived 32% nitrox on the trip. Temperatures were between 26C-27C so water was pretty warm.
I will say that compared to the other offshore pacific destinations that the trip to Socorro had by far the most amount of swimming. It wasn’t a hold on and watch the show experience like Galapagos.
The only criticism of the Quino was that the boat creaked loudly in the cabins and the toilets are communal. I knew this before I went so it didn’t make a difference to me- but the boat was louder in the cabins than I was expecting. I would still 100% go back on the Quino however.
The wine and beer was all inclusive , which was a nice touch that most boats don’t include . I used the satellite phone 3 times and again it was $2 per minute which was reasonable.
Our diving guests were a great group, I knew one other diver but made a lot of friends on the trip.
Over all I’m delighted with my trip and am lucky to have completed it. I genuinely can’t split any of the eastern pacific liveaboard destinations .
