Cortez Explorers - A PADI 5 Star IDC Center » Mulegé

Baja Nomads is “a must” to check out before traveling South.

Mick Chapman — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:25:19 +0000

BajaNomad Forums

Whenever I am about to head South to Mulegé, I always take time to check Baja Nomad forums (http://forums.bajanomad.com/). The information on road conditions, accommodations and weather can be invaluable. You do not need to subscribe to view the posts and they have nicely segregated the groups into clear sections. The following are ones that I use regularly:

They have other groups as well: Baja Photo Gallery, Baja Travel Companions or Convoys, Baja Political Forum, Baja Restaurant Reviews, Baja Accommodation Reviews and others…

Now, as with all forums, there are a wide spectrum of people sporting their own opinions and agendas. So as usual, you may need to take what you read (especially in the political and review forums) with a pinch of salt. However their factual groups (which I use) – such as road conditions, by people who have just traveled south, are invaluable!

Now, if you are interested in knowing what the fishing is like in any given area, Baja nomads are sometimes helpful, but the definitive site is mexfish – so point your browsers over to http://www.mexfish.com/ -

Blue Whales on TV.

Mick Chapman — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:08:02 +0000

If you are living in the UK, you can still catch (via iPlayer) a great show about Stephan Fry’s journey in search of the Blue Whale. For everyone else, you will have to be satified with this short excerpt.

The filming looks to be off Bahia de los Angeles about 1/2 a days drive North of Mulegé. We have been fortunate to see them off of Isla San Marcos (between San Marcos and Isla Tortuga). However they are much more common around the Bahia de los Angeles islands.

Earlier this year, we were fortunate enough to be surrounded by the second largest animal on the planet – the Fin Whale. We spent several hours surrounded by approximately six of them.

Here is the link to the BBC footage.

-Matthew

Welcome to Cortez Explorers

mick — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:41:57 +0000

Welcome to Cortez Explorers. My name is Mick Chapman, and I, along with my son Matthew are the owners of Cortez Explorers, your PADI 5 Star IDC Facility #S21073, down in glorious Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
I am a PADI Course Director (CD 53358) with 34 years and 14,000 plus dives under my weight belt, all over the world. Diving has taken me to so many wonderful places, and offered me the chance to work and play with some truly great people, see and experience our underwater world first hand.

I welcome you to this “Blog,” but ask you to remember I am not all that great with computers, and blogging is new to me. However, I shall endeavor to post some news as it comes in, and answer any questions you might have on diving locally, elsewhere, or diving in general. If I cannot answer directly, then I’ll find an answer for you, and therefore learn something myself. So please feel free to write in with questions, thoughts and/or statements that will be beneficial not only to yourself, but maybe others also. That way we all learn something.

See the next post, Whale sharks and Seahorses to start off with.

Good luck and safe diving wherever you go…

Mick

The Ocean is my playground,
And the marine creatures, my playmates