Album of problems and illegal activity encountered at Cantamar

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?

	20170323-122226 Baja Pirates boat I saved from drifting	20171021-072625 Soap used to clean up diesel spill	20171021-072627	20171021-072631	20171021-072650

	20171021-072756 Diesel spill	20171021-072802	20171022-144613 Deck of dive boat being filled	20171022-150341 Spilling diesel is easy...	20171022-150451 ...Just walk away from the pump!

	20171022-151038	20171024-120032 Dive Compressor repaired with...	20171024-120059 ...lead solder on the AIR LINE!!	20171103-144554 Lots of dead fish from illegal fishing...	20171103-144614

	20171103-144635	20171103-144655	20171103-144714	20171103-144810	20171103-144902

	20171103-145009	20171103-145028	20171106-092055 The staff doesn't clean up very well	20171106-092106	20171107-065424

	20171107-065509 Watch out for broken glass!	20171107-065529 Dead roaches (can't see the live ones!)	20171107-065552 That's the sewer line you see INTO!	20171107-070002 A week after the wedding...	20171107-070214

	20171107-070257 Chairs not put away, note the date...	20171107-070632 Do NOT tie up boats this way...	20171107-070719 ....because it causes damage...	20171107-070736 ...serious damage...	20171107-070743 ...that jeopardizes client safety!

	20171108-091449 The table was found...	20171108-091455 Those chairs...still there	20171114-175926 Fueling liveaboards and spilling diesel	20171114-180441 LOTS of diesel	220171117-132816 My ship was damaged by stray current...

	20171117-132939 I STILL don't have a dock box!	20171120-125918 Cantamar says this is safe and legal...	20171120-125920 And that I don't need a physical ground!	20171121-103101 Cantamar from the outside	20171124-065054 Another diesel spill

	20171124-065152	20171124-065223	20171124-065254	20171124-065820	20171124-065843

	20171124-072447 Soap to clean up another spill	20171124-152237 The dock box...for the next dock!	20171125-093516 Fixed the electrical...	20171125-093621 Bubbles mean stray current!	20171126-072753 You'll get sick of diesel spill pictures

	20171126-072835	20171126-072937	20171126-072951	20171126-072958	20171205-091516

	20171205-091537	20171206-071146 Bilges are kept clean...	20171206-071147 ...by pumping them into the sea!	20171206-082924 More diesel...	20171206-083721

	20171206-083735	20171207-103841 One of the seacocks on my ship	20171214-145732	20171222-070307 These people operate a dive business?	20171222-070323 Shouldn't they know how to tie boats?

	20171222-070851	20171222-070909	20171222-070923	20180101-093142 More diesel	20180101-093236

	20180101-093248	20180101-093255	20180101-093313	20180101-093320	20180108-154905 Tying boats out with STRING?!?!

	20180108-154909 Boats should be secured separately...	20180108-154913 So they don't damage each other...	20180110-135434 Baja Pirates fishing in the marina...	20180110-135436 ...which is against the rules...	20180110-135438 ...and the laws of Mexico!

	20180125-071605 Another day, another lose boat	20180125-071617 That was holding docks together!	20180125-071624 String breaks, don't use it to tie boats	20180213-154419 Let's clean the chemicals out of these...	20180213-154428 ...and into the ocean...

	20180215-134658 That stuck to the bottom of the boat	20180218-081039 More diesel...	20180221-114214 Still haven't learned to tie out boats	20180221-114323	20180223-095417 Dany Tours

	20180227-083235 More diesel...	20180227-083240	20180330-070446 That dock floated away 2 years ago	20180330-070447	20180330-070454

	20180330-070455	20180330-070457	20180401-030321 More diesel	20180401-030324	20180402-000215 The Cantamar Trash Trailer

	20180402-000250	20180402-000526 Damaged by hitting a whaleshark	20180404-072141 Cantamar Beach (no one cleans it)	20180502-123710 More diesel, LOTS of diesel	20180502-123725 Cantamar fills their liveaboard boats...

	20180502-123857 illegally, at night, so no one can see...	20180502-124012 ...the leaks...	20180502-124147 ...actually, they started filling at night...	20180502-124204 ...because they thought we couldn't...	20180502-124239 ...take pictures...oops

	20180502-124241	20180502-124311	20180502-124439	20180502-124739 Even the truck leaked, onto the sidewalk!	20180508-010005 Cantamar employee working for Pirates

	20180525-021614 Illegal fishing is common in La Paz	20180525-021622	20180525-021711	20180525-021714	20180525-021730 The face of illegal fishing in La Paz

	20180614-193050 This is NOT how you run a marina...	20180614-193300 ...ESPECIALLY during a storm!	20180713-132835 "Don't work on boats in the marina"	20180713-134642 Don't get paint in the ocean...	20180717-164219 Oops, misfiled, goes in illegal fishing...

	20180726-074413 Illegal fishing on Cantamar beach	20180726-074421	20180809-100557 This is why illegal fishing is illegal	20180814-1915107	20180814-191550

	20180820-151609 Why post rules no one follows?	20180820-172426 More diesel	20180820-172439	20180820-172448	20180820-172455

	20180824-183550 The diesel comes from somewhere...	20180824-183556 ...and it goes whereeverthe boat goes!	20180828-123710	20180829-101706 "Do not work on your boat in the marina"	20180829-130343 Grinding paint off in the marina

	20180829-130352 LOTS of paint!	20180830-153306 Cantamar employee working for Pirates	20180902-162959 Gasoline spilled by Baja Pirates...	20180902-163007	20180902-163010

	20180902-163025 ...Siphoning and spilling fuel...	20180902-163117 More gasoline (all of the marina!)	20180902-163121	20180902-163125	20180902-163128

	20180902-163217	20180903-192543 Waste oil storage...	20180906-075000 That's PERMANENT, not an extension!	20180906-075057 Still there and broken today!	20180906-100106 Painting Sea Escape and...

	20180906-121643 ...the ocean...	20180906-121703 and other boats	20180906-121800 We had rats...I wonder why	20180906-122259 Still painting...	20180906-122303 ...the dock...

	20180906-124842	20180906-124904	20180906-125122	20180906-125133	20180906-133434 ...and the ocean again...

	20180906-133438	20180906-133609	20180906-133616	20180907-191001 More diesel from bilges...	20180907-191010

	20180907-191033	20180907-191055	20180907-191108 That comes out at the islands too...	20180907-194516 Painting docks too...and the sea	20180909-111816 Waste oil container...

	20180909-111828	20180909-160454 More painted docks	20180910-185753 Hose repaired with duct tape...	20180910-185901 ...and left on all day...	20180910-190127 Aluminum shavings in public area...

	20180910-190156 ...from drilling holes in shark cages...	20180910-190207 ...used on liveaboards...	20180911-102405	20180914-175429 Cantamar fish	20180915-095518 Cantmar dogs (stray)

	20180915-095935 More diesel	20180915-163628 Two by fours and a brick for a light?	20180915-182255 Baja Pirates dumping fish waste...	20180915-182300 ...which is illegal...	20180915-182304 By the way, the Baja Pirates...

	20180915-182307 ...Are an American-owned business	20180915-192521	20180915-192529	20180915-192608	20180915-192616

	20180915-192638	20180916-160118	20180916-160131	20180918-144050	20180921-094812 They did finally pave the road...

	20180921-094842	20180921-094907	20180921-182051 That's oil in front of that bucket...	20180921-182105 ...outside of the proper place...	20180921-182112

	20180921-184205	20180921-184215	20180921-185050	20180921-185057	20180921-185120 Note the date. It's STILL THERE!

	20180921-185137	20180922-172349 More diesel...	20180922-172358	20180922-183658 We were told not to help...	20180922-183703 ...by the "owner", Pedro...

	20180922-183743 ...and he had to replace this pump...	20180922-184449 More diesel...	20180922-184508	20180922-190649	20180922-190659

	20180922-190719	20180922-190750	20180923-130907 Cantamar closed the restrooms one night	20180923-131039 to harass us..	20180924-092855 The oil did NOT dry up, it soaked in

	20180924-092900	20180927-100009 He ate the same thing my dog did...	20180927-100025 Note the location, next to the pool!	20180927-100036	20180927-165504 Can you see the turtle?

	20180927-165510	20180927-165516	20180927-165519	20180927-165522	20180928-103953 More diesel (with turtles swimming in it)

	20180928-104004	20180928-173413 Cluttered docks aren't very safe	20180929-140322 Yeah, that's what my dog ate!	20180930-155427	20180930-155552

	20181001-133955	20181001-134007	20181001-134012	20181001-134041	20181001-134202 Yes, that's MOUSE POISON....

	20181001-134209 ...NEXT TO THE POOL!	20181001-184002 More boat tying skills	20181006-052010 Almost sank...again	20181006-052013	20181006-052140 Stolen two weeks later by an employee!

	20181006-060104 Roof of the restaurant	20181006-060140	20181006-060205 Uncovered water tank on hotel	20181006-060213 Soccorro Aggressor in the background...	20181006-060243 ...and roaches in the tank...

	20181006-060341	20181006-061005 It was stolen with a dinghy	20181008-120559 More diesel	20181008-120647	20181008-120701

	20181008-120838	20181008-141053 More stray dogs on campus	20181008-141110	20181008-141116	20181010-073143 More diesel again...

	20181010-073219	20181010-073231	20181010-073240	20181010-154055	20181011-180312 Chemicals left out...

	20181011-180330 It's only Roundup (cancer anyone?)	20181012-110535 That was a valuable drink cooler...	20181013-144106 Oil waste is on the other side of the lot	20181013-144128	20181013-174258 Here, where the rest is spilled

	20181015-184418 Prop that cut up Spanish divemaster	20181015-184434 This was brand new a month before!	20181015-184450	20181016-085628	20181017-191237 These officials are in charge of chemical...

	20181019-130848 ...spills and hazardous waste...	20181019-130905 Shameful trash	20181020-183653 Cantamar employee fishing in marina	20181021-115139 Cheap homemade docks	20181026-072647 Cheap homemade marina

	20181026-072652 Safety! (dive master almost died!)	20181027-062145 dive master didn't have this on him	20181027-062152 when he fell out, and got run over	20181028-072107 Sea cucumber?	20181030-075146 More diesel

	20181030-075633	20181030-075644	20181030-075655 Jorge, the diesel spiller on Siempre Leaks	20181030-095355 Trash in foreground, trash boat behind	20181030-095408

	20181030-095621 That's the office behind the trash!	20181030-145303 Check the dates!	20181031-074416 More diesel...	20181031-074416a	20181108-090120

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	20181109-155517 Oops again...	20181109-155530 Bumpers?	20181109-155539 Oh! There they are!	20181111-160751 Employee's children and a paint can...	20181111-160803 6-7 years old...

	20181111-160812	20181111-160833	20181111-160847 We call them "cartelitos"	20181111-160922 That's our dinghy they tagged!	20181111-161048 Maybe hire those kids to finish painting?

	20181111-161123 Water tank still not covered	20181114-125820 Green? GREEN!?!?!	20181114-125827 Still...	20181114-143313 More	20181115-064703

	20181115-064708	20181115-064720	20181117-162903 Enter marina at your own risk...	20181120-161054 More diesel	20181123-154821 Almost got a concussion from that

	20181123-161915	20181126-064729	20181130-142650 Quality wiring, and so safe looking!	20181204-131121 Security Camera - wide view	20181204-131125 Narrower...

	20181204-131318 Pointing at MY SHIP!....	20181207-060027 Instead of their own sinking boats...	20181207-060031	20181226-123648 And diesel-filled marina	20181226-123703

	20181226-123703a	20181226-123726	20190104-080503	20190104-080518	20190104-090858

	20190104-090918 More diesel and poorly tied boat!	20190108-162150 Spikes in steps to beach	20190108-162200	20190108-162231 Closeup of spikes	20190110-103506 "Testing" fire extinguishers?

	20190119-113454 They WERE going to sink this boat	20190119-114129 Grinding fiberglass into the marina	20190119-114216 LOTS of it, microplastics for you!	20190119-133029 Cantamar recycles wastewater...	20190119-133046

	20190119-180726 Note the tide line...	20190119-180735	20190203-110406 The deodarizer works best in the toilet	20190203-140842 Cheap homemade docks	20190203-140923 Cheap homemade marina

	20190210-134041 Oil storage	20190210-134531 Respect for the flag of another nation	20190210-144009 We had to clean up a mosquito mess...	20190210-144035 ...in a disused cistern...	20190210-144051 ...and the owner reported us for theft...

	20190210-144112 ...of trash!	20190211-092358 More diesel	20190211-092402	20190211-092422	20190211-092429

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	20190316-104257	20190316-104259	20190316-104349	20190325-094316	20190325-094346 We cleaned up, they made a mess again

	20190325-094400 A mess that's still there today!	20190325-155529	20190326-181615 Thug the owner hired to harass us	20190327-075257 Damage occurs when you do it wrong	20190327-075306

	20190327-075327 That damage!	20190327-182846 Sea wall about to fall	20190327-182854	20190327-182935 Under the seawall...NOTHING!	20190331-165102 Work we did to make their shop useful

	20190331-165110 useful for them, we can't use it	20190401-111304 That's blackwater!	20190401-143414	20190401-170904 The thug followed us wherever we went	20190402-115706

	20190403-063008	20190403-063013 His office...	20190414-072533 More sinking boats	20190416-140914 Explain this one!	20190416-143647 FAKE FLOTATION DEVICE!

	20190416-143650 It took six people to carry it!	20190416-143650a IT WILL NOT FLOAT	20190416-143652 But that one will, since it's real!	20190416-143655 Unlike this one	20190416-160413 No, that doesn't work to clean diesel...

	20190416-160417 This is the first time we saw bilge pads	20190416-160419	20190416-160424	20190416-160440	20190416-163314 A LOT to clean guys...

	20190416-163323	20190416-163335 Soap from cleaning the spill	20190416-163343 Those are my chains!	20190416-170104 Soap to clean oil spill	20190417-122300 Just made the day before!

	20190417-122308 Bolted directly into clay without anchor!	20190419-174421 The Thug again	20190419-180906 The Thug again	20190421-095133 Blackwater again	20190421-183340 The thug again...

	20190421-183501 He quit the next day!	20190424-092700 Still spilling diesel	20190424-092710	20190424-092715	20190424-092729

	20190424-185832 Trustworthy rope eh?	20190424-191128 More diesel	20190425-091215 They fixed the flag...	20190425-170248 More diesel	20190425-170325

	20190425-170330	20190425-170334	20190425-170339	20190425-170354	20190426-131020

	20190426-131031	20190426-131047	20190426-131242	20190428-101157 Only the cover is waterproof!	20190428-181642 More diesel

	20190428-181655	20190428-181702	20190428-181746	20190428-181754	20190428-181820 Source of the diesel, Siempre Leak

	20190428-181848	20190428-181911 REALLY big leak this time, again!	20190428-181915	20190428-181947	20190428-181951

	20190428-182054	20190428-182101	20190428-182106	20190428-182146	20190428-182151

	20190428-182158	20190428-182210	20190429-102046 Another fake flotation device...	20190429-170308 These are supposed to be made of...	20190429-170316 ...low density foam covered by plastic...

	20190429-170322 This weighs enough to offset...	20190429-170331 ...it's buoyancy to the point that this...	20190429-170404 ...device is not effective	20190429-170413 And, I could have gotten him one, now...	20190429-170424 ...and for free!

	DSCN0218 Blackwater	DSCN0219	DSCN0220 Blackwater	DSCN0221 Trash Trailer was outside this time!	DSCN0222 Outside Cantamar

	DSCN0223	DSCN0225 More diesel!	DSCN0226	DSCN0227	DSCN0228

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	DSCN0239	DSCN0240 More broken glass	DSCN0241	DSCN0242	DSCN0243

	DSCN0244 Blackwater	DSCN0245 Secure marina! What rules?

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