Solmar V, Mexico
8.6 Fabulous - Free Nitrox
- En-Suite bathrooms
- Aircon Cabins
“The food was always spectacular. ”
Highlights
The M/V Solmar V liveaboard is a staple for diving in the Socorro Islands. With over 25 years of experience and known for having the most experienced dive liveaboard crew in Mexico, the Solmar V caters to 22 guests in 12 cabins. With recent refurbishing and massive upgrades, the SolmarV offers the choice of Staterooms, superior, standard, and single cabin options for solo travelers. Each stateroom features individual climate control, a private bathroom with a shower, a pillow-top mattress, non-allergenic down alternative pillows, and comforters. Superior cabins are located in the middle of the boat and are slightly larger. With its rich mahogany and granite tabletops, the salon provides comfortable seating, a large-screen television, and a full entertainment system. The solarium is partially covered with sun loungers for relaxing in between dives.
The Solmar V offers exciting dive itineraries with some of the world's giant pelagics, from Giant Mantas to whale sharks and humpback whales. The Revillagigedo Archipelago offers all the big-fish encounters a diver could wish for. With over 10 shark species, playful dolphins, and even the chance to dive with orcas, the Socorro Islands will deliver a dive trip to remember for a lifetime. Diving from the Solmar V is easy as the vessel offers a spacious dive deck with a multi-level camera table, rinse tanks and freshwater showers. There is also a dive tender to make getting to and from the dive sites easy.
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Included: Fuel Surcharge, Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Wine with Dinner, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Nitrox, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels.
Required Extras: 16% VAT, National Park Fees.
Optional Extras: Gratuities, Airport Transfer (35-125 USD), Hotel Transfer, Nitrox Course (250 USD), Private Dive Guide, Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses, Beach Towels, WiFi internet (100 USD).
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Solmar V Reviews
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- 8.6 Fabulous
- Vessel 7.2
- Crew 8.9
- Food 9.6
- Diving 9.2
- Value 8.0
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- 9.2 Superb
- Denis B
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France
Like roosters in dough
Magical interactions with mantas and dolphins!The mezcalitas that were waiting for us as soon as we disembarked from the last dive of the day, ❤️ NatyA big thank you to the whole crew for this timeless week.
- Recommended for
- Dive organization / Caring crew / Quality of meals
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Juan Antonio M
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Mexico
Great experience!!
Everything flowed wonderfully. They strive to make the long sailing journey less burdensome. Simply wonderful dive spots.
- Recommended for
- Warmth of the technology. Dive sites. Dive masters. Especially Danny.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Javier Q
- Mexico
An experience to go back again and again!
Definitely the school of hammerheads, the playfulness of the mantas, the presence of silky, white-tip, and tiger sharks. On the boat, incredible attention to each and every one of us. Top-notch!
- Recommended for
- Attention from the crew, awesome diving, amazing buddies
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- 8.4 Very good
- Jason K
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United States
Great crew!
We had a lovely interaction encounter with dolphins on a dive!
- Recommended for
- Crew, plenty of awesome documentaries and movies to pass the time.
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- José T
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Portugal
Great dives with great life
Rooms on boat too small Exaggerated Tips Service and dives excellent Very professional Crew
- Recommended for
- Dives - Crew Service - Underwater life
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- 9.2 Superb
- Stephen P
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United Kingdom
If you're up for some pretty hard core diving, it's a fantastic way to get close to these big animals.
Really well organised trip, and very smooth on the diving front despite number of divers on a relatively small boat. The dive guides are crew are incredibly hard working (actually I would say over-worked), but always up for a laugh and a friendly smile. Briefings were very good, and the talks on mantas, shark identification, and conservation efforts (including Clarion angelfish) were excellent. But of course the highlights were the close encounters with giant mantas, sharks and dolphins.
- Recommended for
- Awesome close encounters with mantas, sharks, dolphins. Really friendly and helpful dive guides and crew members. Good food, and plenty of it; and nice touches like hot drinks after each dive.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Simon H
- United Kingdom
Batman under water
Visability and weather wasnt the best (it seems to be a windy place), neither did we get to see the huge groups of Hammerheads. However, this was a very good trip. The boat is comfortable (we only had 17 divers, it might be a bit more of a squeeze on a full boat), the decor is almost like a cocktail bar on the waves, think of walking into “Cheers”. I had a cabin to myself, with the most comfortable bed Ive ever had on a boat. Constant hot water and drinking water through out the boat were all very welcome. I liked the amount of space on the dive deck, plenty of room to spread out. The dive guides (Diego, Ivan & Nacho) were very enthusiastic & knowledgeable of the location and how to get the best from it. These are not pretty dives, not much here in the way of colourful reef fish or macro (at least on my visit), but, that didn't matter for me. The Mantas were amazing and engaging. I particularly liked the Black Manta’s…like Batman underwater. We also had a great session snorkelling with False Killer Whales. The rest of the crew were faultless, all very helpful, enthusiastic and cheery. Service was faultless. Probably the best ive been on for a while.
- Recommended for
- Dive Guides, Dive deck space, crew.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Alexandra S
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Canada
Mantas and dolphins!
I am an experienced diver and have worked in the Cabo area for several years, and i had been waiting to try Socorro! Megafauna delivered - we had several dives with giants mantas, including very close interactions and Manta selfies ! The water was warmer (about 26 C) so sharks were deeper and fewer, but we still had some nice interactiosn with ammerheads, black tips and one or 2 galapagos sharks. One highlight was diving the boiler - 2 dives with almost 100% of the time with a pod of curious bottlenose dolphins! this is the longest interaction Iève ever had with dolphins whilst diving. And we snorkelled with a baitball, lots of shark action there! Bring your 7 mm, hood, gloves if you want to enjoy all of your 4 daily dives (that's what I did, not regrets!) Cabins - cozy although a bit small, very limited storage in the cabin, better to have a mesh bag when you can chuck your things at night. Food was superb, all crew was very friendly, we had about 1 crew for 2 guests so I felt service was very superior! guides are good, zodiac rides super safe and well organized, and the crew made you feel right at home! Will go again hopefully one day during whale season! Went 1st week of june 2016. Note - this is blue water diving, so as a diver I recommend you feel very comfortable with buoyancy and depth control, and use a 7 mm a few times before this trip. Cheers to the crew of Solmar V
- Recommended for
- Crew, logistics and megafauna
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- 10 Exceptional
- Francisco R
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Spain
Unforgettable experience
Amazing trip and totally recommended. All the Crew team was super friendly and the dives were superb (tiger, hammers, white tips, giant mantas, galapagos, giant tunas, dolphins etc)
- Recommended for
- Crew, safety customer service
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- 10 Exceptional
- David L
- United States
Absolutely incredible!
This was a bucket list item for me, I was not disappointed one bit. The boat was amazing, the crew was extremely well prepared, professional and on point with absolutely everything. This will now be an annual trip for me now.
- Recommended for
- The sharks, the crew and the service. All top notch!
