Solmar V

Notes: Mexico is a popular destination with limited liveaboard spaces. We recommend you book well in advance to avoid disappointment.

Dive experience: Socorro: Divers must be Advanced Open Water certified (or equivalent) and have minimum 50 logged dives.
Guadalupe: For surface cages: no certification required. For submerged cages: Open Water and minimum 10 logged dives required. This is 'a requirement'.
Nitrox only: From 1 November 2023, Solmar will become a nitrox-only liveaboard. All divers will need to be nitrox certified to dive and unlimited nitrox is included for all bookings (new and previous). Before this date, we highly recommend divers to dive on nitrox, but it will not yet be mandatory. Nitrox courses are available onboard.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner (dinner on Day 1 of Sea of Cortez trips is excluded), snacks, drinking water, soft drinks, hot drinks, alcoholic drinks, transfers to the boat only from the host hotel (San Diego/Tijuana), port fees, dives (as detailed in the cruises above), nitrox fill for enriched air divers, experienced English-speaking divemaster(s), Nautilus Lifeline, tanks, weights and weightbelts, Mexican taxes.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): 16% Mexican tax on cruise (only for bookings made prior 1 March 2023, to be paid in advance), park fees (Socorro and Guadalupe: US$ 93 per diving day, Sea of Cortez: US$ 50 per trip), scuba equipment (US$ 340 per 8N Socorro trip), diving computer (US$ 150 per 8N Socorro trip), dive and travel insurance (see our options) . On all trips from 1 Jan 2023, there will be a mandatory US$ 200 fuel surcharge. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid in advance, direct to boat.
Park fees exemption available for persons over 60 years of age. 50% discount available for registered teachers and students.

Optional extras: Transfers (for Socorro cruises) to the boat from the airport/hotel (US$ 35 per way), alcoholic drinks (spirits: paid on boat), torches, 15 liter tanks. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid in advance, direct to boat.

How to get there: Socorro: The MV Solmar V departs in the afternoon (around 3 pm) from Marina del Rey, Cabo San Lucas for diving safaris to the Socorro islands. Guests fly into Los Cabos International Airport, approximately 45 minutes drive from Cabo San Lucas. You should plan to arrive the day before departure or no later than 11 am on the day of departure. You can be picked up from the host hotel, Bahia Hotel & Beach Club between 1-2 pm on the day of departure. The boat will spend the last night of the trip in the harbor and so guests may depart from 9 am on the last day. For reasons of port authority security and protocols, night landings are prohibited and all passengers must disembark the day the trip ends. We recommend flying out in the afternoon to have a stress-free departure.
Sea of Cortez: For liveaboard trips in the Sea of Cortez, Solmar V departs from Ensenada, Mexico. Most guests arrive in San Diego, California the night before departure and stay at the host hotel (hotel to be advised). On the morning of departure meet in the lobby at 9:30 am and a luxury coach will pick guests up from the recommended hotel and transport you to Ensenada at 10 am. Alternatively you can be picked up in Tijuana at the host hotel, between 11-11:30 am. You will arrive in Ensenada at 1 pm. The trip ends at midday on the final day, then the coach will transport guests back to San Diego arriving 5-6 pm, depending on border traffic (arriving Tijuana 2 pm). It is recommended that you overnight in San Diego that night. If not it is strongly recommended that flights are scheduled only for after 8 pm on disembarkation day.
Guadalupe: For liveaboard trips to Guadalupe, MV Solmar V departs from Ensenada, Mexico. Most guests arrive in San Diego, California the night before departure and stay at the host hotel (hotel to be advised). On the morning of departure a luxury coach will pick guests up from the recommended hotel and transport you to Ensenada. Alternatively you can be picked up in Tijuana at the host hotel, Hotel Real Inn between 11-11:30 am. The boat departs Ensenada at around noon, and on the final day returns to port again around noon and the coach will arrive in San Diego between 4-6 pm, depending on border traffic (Tijuana 2 pm). It is recommended that you overnight in San Diego that night. If not it is strongly recommended that flights are scheduled for after 8 pm on final day.
For more information see our Mexico tourist information section.

Non-diver rate: US$ 150 off the published price.

Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): Please contact us if you do not wish to share a cabin.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 10 divers and 1 extra person can join the cruise in a Standard cabin free of charge (total 11 guests or more).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 20 guests and 2 additional persons can join the cruise free of charge (total 22 guests).

• Mexican and international meals.
• Air-conditioned dining area with waiter service meals.
• Pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks are provided.
• Snacks include ice cream, cookies, fruit, bread and toast.
• Coffee, tea, drinking water, soft drinks, beer and wine during dinner, are all provided free of charge.
• Spirits are available for purchase on board.
• All dietary requirements can be catered for - please send advanced notice.
• Cruise dining service begins with dinner at boarding.

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