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The Cortez Club

We’ve spent a lot of time diving the Sea of Cortez, and The Cortez Club site is always a good time, especially if you’re staying near La Paz. It’s got a real mix of everything we love about the region. You’ll often drop into visibility that stretches out thirty metres, with that classic Cortez blue. The main draw for us is the sheer number of those common, everyday species you just don't see in such density elsewhere. We’re talking about schools of Manini so thick they shimmer like a silver curtain, or big groups of Raucous Grunts making their peculiar sounds. Listen closely, you can often hear them clicking and croaking. Our favourite spot is usually around the deeper rocks where you’ll often find Chestnut Morays poking their heads out, or sometimes a Lumptail Searobin doing its odd little walk along the seabed. We always keep an eye out for the Gungo Highhat, they’re a really striking fish with those tall dorsal fins. It’s a site that suits divers who appreciate the subtle beauty of a healthy, busy reef. Go in the morning before the boat traffic picks up, you’ll have it mostly to yourselves.