Flying into the Baja is painless. To get to Cabo there are many reasonably priced, direct flights from Los Angeles International (LAX) out of California, if traveling from the United States. If traveling within Mexico, there are direct flights from Mexico City's Internacional Benito Juarez (MEX) to Cabo and La Paz. To get to the Cabo area, fly into Los Cabos Mexico International Airport (SJD) and to get to La Paz fly into Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP) when heading to the southern realms of the Sea of Cortez.
When in La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur, ferry over the Sea of Cortez to the mainland of Mexico from the port of Pichilingue. The ferries will transport you to and from Mazatlán or Topolobampo, a small town near Los Mochis.
Choosing to stay and plan your scuba diving adventures from La Paz is bound to give you a more authentic Mexican experience than staying in the busy, touristy areas around Cabo San Lucas. La Paz offers a lot of different scuba diving shops to make plans with. The Cortez Club is a diving and water sports center that offers reliable dive trips in and around La Paz, as well as great scuba instruction for beginners and experts. Another great and established resort that offers scuba instruction and day trips is Club Cantamar; they have been scuba diving and instructing since 1965!
There is an atmosphere of fiesta and lounging in Cabo but there is also an interest in scuba diving. Cabo's oldest and best dive shop is Amigos Del Mar, which coordinates the scuba diving activities at many of the major resorts in Cabo. Regardless of where you are staying you can arrange a scuba trip with Amigos Del Mar. Manta Scuba Diving and Cabo Eagle Divers are two other scuba dive shops that bring divers out to explore the waters around the tip of the Baja Peninsula.
As you travel along the coast of Cabo eastward along the Sea of Cortez, you will eventually get to the town and park known as Cabo Pulmo. Cabo Pulmo Beach Resort is a great dive shop to arrange to dive on Cabo Pulmo, where you will experience North America's only coral reef on the continents western side. Arrange a dive from this quiet little Mexican town and get away from the fiesta crowds around the Cabo San Lucas area.
Read "Part 1: Overview of Scuba Diving in Baja Peninsula, (Mexico)
Read "Part 2: Dive Sites, Marine Life & Environment in Baja Peninsula, (Mexico)