Fishing:
$190 +/- 4 hours or $280 for 8 hours, includes boat "panga", captain, bait and tackle. Rate is for the boat and up to 3 persons; it is not a per person rate.

Snorkelling Tours to Mermaid Cove:
$45 per person -- A boat trip to the cove offers breathtaking scenery, protected water for snorkelling and a sense of adventure and exploration. A trip to snorkel with the Sea Lions on the face of Punta Frailes can be included at no charge.

Snorkelling Equipment Rentals:
$10 for wet suit, if desired in winter months

Scuba Diving:
$75 two tank dive, includes guide, tank, weights.
Set of rental equipment: wet suit, regulator, BCD is $24 extra.

Instruction:
PADI Discovery Scuba (Resort Course) $165, includes initial training "tour" and one tank dive.
PADI Referrals for Open Water Certification $299, includes 4 check out & related exploratory dives over two days.
PADI Open Water Instruction, price to be negotiated based on number of persons.

Who are Cabo Pulmo Divers?

Cabo Pulmo Divers are a recreational diving and sport fishing operation, is owned and run by the historic Castro family who first came to Cabo Pulmo in 1900, settled and raised their families. More than fifty Castros of the same family still live and work in Cabo Pulmo today, contributing daily to the growth of services to the American tourist population that come here.

Jesus Castro Fiol, 'the grandfather', was the original Castro to live in Cabo Pulmo and is the patriarch of the large clan here today. They say he's in his late 90's. He came to Cabo Pulmo as the adopted child of a Mexican woman who remained single all her life. The local 'Patrona', she possessed almost 2,000 acres of land in Cabo Pulmo that she had acquired from the government. Cattle and pearls were the dominant economic activities of her hacienda. As a contributing member of the household, Jesus soon had the reputation as being the best of the local pearl divers, free diving without benefit of fins or mask for the riches in the Cabo Pulmo Bay.

When his adopted mother, the Patrona, died, Jesus was the sole inheritor of her land holdings and businesses. As the pearl industry faded following an infestation, the economic emphasis shifted to commercial fishing. However, Jesus still passed his love and skill in the water on to his sons, especially Enrique, Juan, and Ricardo. These men, in turn, raised their sons on the beach, in the boats and in the water.

Today Cabo Pulmo Divers is the beloved business of Mario and Paco Castro, the eldest sons of Enrique. From the first, Mario showed a natural affinity for swimming and diving and a corresponding disinterest in all other things. As he grew his passion for the water beckoned him beyond the limits of free diving and in 1990 he received his Open Water Certification, the first in his family to have earned the coveted 'card'. To gain experience he worked for a Cabo San Lucas dive shop and while there acquired his Dive Master Certification so that he could realize his dream of having a professional dive shop in Cabo Pulmo.

Mario opened his business with his brother Paco, who had already developed an extraordinary reputation as a fishing guide, breaking new ground for the family in a transition from commercial fishing to sport fishing services for tourists. They worked hard to realize their dream. In the beginning tanks had to be driven all the way to Cabo San Lucas to refill them until local American friends helped them acquire their first compressor. Later other Americans helped him to acquire a second compressor as a back up to the first. Mario says, "with a little money and a lot of friends" they were able to build their business "poco a poco".

When the National Marine Park opened in June 1995, Cabo Pulmo Divers embraced this attempt to secure the health of the reef and it's extraordinary inhabitants for generations to come. Both Mario and Paco, in their respective diving and fishing activities, comply fully with any new regulations and are committed to all informed efforts to preserve their underwater environment.

Today Cabo Pulmo Divers has six panga-style launches ranging from 22' to 25', 75 HP motors and a full array of rental equipment, mask, snorkels, fins, BCs, suits and regulators. They are the exclusive dive service providers for all the dive shops from Cabo San Lucas who offer day trips to divers wanting to experience the geographically unique reef system in Cabo Pulmo. There is a very close knit and co-operative dive community in Southern Baja. The Castros enjoy the respect, affection and support of this 'family' of underwater professionals for their role as pioneers, struggling to 'grow' this sport in Baja . . . and as the men who are now raising the fourth generation of divers in Baja's most precious dive location.

We offer reservations online for SCUBA trips, sport fishing and snorkelling tours.