Quino del Mar

Did you know you can fly to Phoenix and within four hours be boarding a boat to one of the most remote places in the world? A world with no planes, very few boats, clear skies, and amazing sunsets. Under the surface lie deep waters and abundant sea life. 

The Sea of Cortez is a breathtaking scuba diving, snorkeling, and exploration destination. Legendary diver Jacques Cousteau described the Sea of Cortez as the "world's aquarium." Dive on untouched walls and reefs abounding in marine life. Encounter large and small whale species, dive with playful sea lion colonies, and see countless eels, octopuses, fish, and jumping mobula rays. It's a macro photographer's dream with nudibranchs, colorful blennies, dancing jawfish, and sea horses. A trip highlight is snorkeling with whale sharks!

Between dives, you can hike and explore remote uninhabited islets. At night, you can gaze at the Milky Way. Give us one week, and we will help you create a lifetime of memories while forging new friendships. You will dine on incredible cuisine and enjoy the friendly service that has made many of our guests come diving with us again and again. 

This itinerary is excellent for snorkelers.

Explore over 700 miles of the Sea of Cortez, starting at one end of Baja and ending at the other. Experience the magic of the Midriff Islands combined with the clear, warm waters of the south. Never know what will come our way on this adventure!

Each day, you will awake to a fantastic sunrise amongst some of the most breathtaking scenery in the world, with clear skies, deep blue seas, and terrain only millions of years could create. Enjoy three to four dives daily as we move from island to island. Dive on untouched walls and reefs abounding in marine life. The north is a macro photographer's dream with nudibranchs, colorful blennies, dancing jawfish, and sea horses. Encounter large and small whale species, snorkel with whale sharks, see jumping mobula rays, dive with playful sea lion colonies and countless eels, octopuses, fish, and jumping mobula rays.

The biodiversity between the northern and southern Sea of Cortez is incredible, and diving the entire Baja is spectacular! The sea life we witness on the surface from the boat, pangas, or snorkeling is fantastic. We can see dolphins, sea lions, pilot whales, humpback whales, fin whales, sperm whales, orcas, and mobula rays. We also have incredible birds, including blue and brown-footed boobie birds, cormorants, frigate birds, and the endemic yellow-footed gulls.

In the south, we dive the national park in Loreto and dive with beautiful tropical fish. If you wish to hike the remote islands during surface intervals, a panga is always available to take you to shore. We also have kayaks to take a serene cruise around the islands.

This itinerary is excellent for snorkelers.

The Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, is a strip of water separated from the Pacific Ocean by the Baja Peninsula. This isolation, on land and underwater, provides a unique series of contrasting ecosystems, from the vast solitude of the desert to the rich underwater realms and black coral gardens.

Enjoy six days of diving where we can see countless tropical fish, schools of mobula rays, eels, octopuses, turtles, rays, giant pods of dolphins, and whales. We will explore Isla el Bajo and Isla Los Islotes, where you will encounter a massive colony of friendly sea lions. We will dive Isla Espiritu Santo and wrecks Fang Ming and Salvaterra, Isla Las Animas, Isla Los Islotes, and Isla Cerralvo, known as Jacques Cousteau Island. We'll also do a night dive with mobula rays. 

This itinerary is excellent for snorkelers.

The Revillagigedo Islands (also Revillagigedo Archipelago) are a group of four volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean that are known for their unique ecosystem. The islands are home to many endemic plant and animal species. Socorro Island is the most diverse in flora, fauna, and topography. The islands lie 250 miles off Baja Mexico's southern shore.

These islands are a spectacular magnet for the largest ocean pelagic animals in the world. Animals include schooling hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks, friendly bottlenose dolphins, silky sharks, Galapagos sharks, clouds of jacks and barracuda, tuna, wahoo, oceanic whitetip sharks, and giant, inquisitive manta rays - Socorro's claim to fame!

Humpback whales visit during the winter months of mid-February through mid-April. We often hear the sounds of the singing mating males as they provide escort underwater. Surface sightings are common during this time. Whale sharks may be seen during November, December, and May. May is also when we can see giant bait balls and pods of false orcas.

This destination can only be dived by a liveaboard dive vessel. It takes approximately 26-28 hours one way to reach the islands. This is an excellent dive destination for large pelagics due to the islands' open ocean nature, which sometimes includes currents and choppy conditions. The underwater topography consists of rocky outcroppings, boulders, and some incredible walls.