Album of problems and illegal activity encountered at Cantamar


We are concerned for our own safety because of the level of corruption here in Baja California Sur, Mexico, and because of the nature of the corruption here. We do not want to change anything, we don't care about society, we don't care about anyone in society anymore. But we have a right to not be treated like shit because of corruption. And we have decided we will no longer tolerate it. So, take a look for yourself at what Mexico tourism is REALLY all about: taking your money at any cost. This state is not safe for tourists, nor for Mexican citizens. I have actually seriously pondered writing to the President of Mexico and suggesting he just sell the Baja pennisula to Israel as a testament to how much of a drain on Mexico this pennisula's corruption is. But this corruption is persisting despite MORENA and AMLO's promises to the contrary. We will not tolerate it any further, and strongly urge others not to come to Mexico. But please, if you are here, or if you care, make sure others know about this. Link to this page or this website and be sure people know to stay away from Mexico.


Cantamar should not be in operation (and may not legally be doing so...). The resort is operated by a man who cares only for money, which he makes illicitly on a dive boat he doesn't even report the income for - income on the order of $250,000USD per month! (most of which goes to repairing everything around here because nothing is maintained!) He launders the money through the resort by showing booked rooms that are never occupied. As a result, he doesn't give a shit about the facilties, the employees, or the clients, including us. And the problem is, he is PROTECTED by the state government of Baja California Sur, which is the most corrupt in Mexico, so much so that the government here DOES NOT FUNCTION, except to the benefit of RICH FOREIGNERS. This gives the owner free reign to take advantage of us, harass us, threaten us, and use the police to harass us.

We must document these problems because no one here will do anything about it. We have complained to every government agency and even the Mexican Navy, and NO ONE has done anything about the daily fuel spills, the trashy conditions, the danger to tourists, one of whom nearly lost his leg - a divemaster nearly died in similar circumstances. In fact, I saved the life of that divemaster because Cantamar doesn't have training or first-aid equipment, despite being a dive center 30 minutes from the nearest hospital!

The worst of it is, this place DRIVES AWAY TOURISTS! We have heard from a LOT of people who have said they would never return to Mexico after their experience at Cantamar. And you know what, you should NOT come to Mexico. This marina is the ONLY Mexican-owned marina in La Paz, and it is a complete and total dump.

Please also note that we have reported these problems to Sea Shepherd, who work out of La Paz. But, Sea Shepherd is like every other NGO out there, they are corrupt, and only operate to line the pockets of the executive board, so Sea Shepherd will only do what gets them attention, and only if attention is already being paid to the problem. Sea Shepherd works with Mac and Neil Shroyer, the source of all corruption in Baja California Sur!

Do you care that this place is destroying the environment?

The filenames have been changed to reflect the EXIF (Jpeg Header) data for when the picture was taken in the format YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS, meaning that the filename 20170323-122226 was taken on March 23rd, 2017 and 12:22am and 26 seconds. The seconds are necessary because of the numerous photographs taken of the same oil spills because they are always so large and impossible to photograph entirely in one shot. The only exception are pictures we took with a pocket Nikon Coolpix, which had no such information.

Click on individual thumbnails in order to open an image page, where you will find detailed commentary about the photographs.

All of these photographs were taken by us on our cameras and we retain the originals.

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