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FYI
Returned from a day of fishing (12/9) to find
jack Hammers and TV cameras at the municipal pier.
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Hi, how are the repairs coming along on the pier? I'm on a cruise scheduled to be there in early February and Carnival just cancelled the port saying that the pier is not repaired. I don't trust the powers to be at Carnival. What is the status?
This port is the main reason we booked this cruise. We want to go diving!
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by ZihuaRob 
, Zihuatanejo, México, Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 15:17 (3981 days ago) @ 390pony
Hi, how are the repairs coming along on the pier? I'm on a cruise scheduled to be there in early February and Carnival just cancelled the port saying that the pier is not repaired. I don't trust the powers to be at Carnival. What is the status?
This port is the main reason we booked this cruise. We want to go diving!
The temporary repairs to get us through the main part of this tourist season are supposed to be done by December 23rd, but I don't believe the pier will be ready to receive cruise ship tenders until next year due to the cruise lines' safety requirements, very unfortunately. I wish I could ride out to the cruise ship and pick you up and bring you all in for a day of fun in our lovely port. I think they should stop here anyway even if our pier isn't quite up to specs.
Thank you for your comments. Warm saludos!
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Thank you, we are SO disappointed. A sea day instead of a wonderful day of diving. Guess we'll just have to try again!
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There are many good reasons for a cruise stop in Zihua, but diving would be low on the list. If diving was your main interest in coming to Zihua, you probably would have been disappointed. Coming to Zihua to dive would be like booking a weekend casino gambling trip to Dubuque Iowa.
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 19:38 (3981 days ago) @ Los cerebros
There are many good reasons for a cruise stop in Zihua, but diving would be low on the list. If diving was your main interest in coming to Zihua, you probably would have been disappointed. Coming to Zihua to dive would be like booking a weekend casino gambling trip to Dubuque Iowa.
I beg to differ with you, but apparently you don't know what you're talking about. I'm not sure why you would bother saying such a thing other than to provoke someone to have to correct you. I know it's not the Caribbean where I used to work as an underwater guide, or the Great Barrier Reef, but the diving in our region of the Costa Grande is quite unique with knowledgeable aficionados since we have one of the healthiest, unique and most extensive coral reef systems along the entire Mexican Pacific and I dare say along the entire American Pacific. At least according to experts in marine biology and coral reef systems. But Punta Garrobo may soon change that.
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The area didn't make the list of the "top 50" diving spots in the world, but that would be asking a lot. But it didn't even make the list of top 10 diving destinations of Mexico. One can always dream.
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Thursday, December 17, 2015, 09:27 (3981 days ago) @ Los cerebros
The area didn't make the list of the "top 50" diving spots in the world, but that would be asking a lot. But it didn't even make the list of top 10 diving destinations of Mexico. One can always dream.
The Top according to? Trip Advisor? Ha! What a joke! I wonder how our local icon Oliverio became world renowned if our coast was so worthless, or why heads of state paid him to show them around if there was nothing to see. Why was Zihuatanejo one of Mexico's first diving destinations as far back as 50 years ago? I know, but apparently you don't. But thanks for your errant bias. Have nice day! 
![[image]](http://www.zihuatanejo.net/images/temp/oliveriomacieldiaz-ancla.jpg)
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by K&B , Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 18:14 (3981 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
Rob, isn't this a complete 180 reg flip flop. Is seems that a few years ago you were completely against cruise ships coming to Zihua. Am I wrong?
Rob, isn't this a complete 180 reg flip flop. Is seems that a few years ago you were completely against cruise ships coming to Zihua. Am I wrong?
No. Again, perhaps you misunderstood me even though I must have written about it several dozen times. My wife and I along with the majority of our fellow Zihuatanejenses from the older families along with many other residents protested against the construction of a special cruise ship pier in the bay, and really anywhere along our coast. We considered it an unnecessary waste of funds and an unnecessary destruction of local natural beauty. Still do. Being against wasteful construction has nothing to do with cruise ships themselves. I've spent most of my life living in cruise ship destinations. In Frederiksted, St. Croix USVI they have a special pier that accommodates cruise ships (I used to go check out visiting subs) because it is simply an extension of the existing pier that heads straight out into the open ocean from Frederiksted on the western end of the island.
Sorry to disappoint you. I know you want to catch me being inconsistent and flip-flopping on something. Better luck next time. 
This is what we DON'T want to see in Zihuatanejo Bay.
![[image]](http://www.zihuatanejo.net/images/temp/newpier.jpg)
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by needshendy , Thursday, December 17, 2015, 17:07 (3980 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
I too would absolutely hate and protest against a pier like the one pictured. We 'discovered' Zihua aboard a cruise ship and are thankful for that. I would love to see the ships stopping again to support the local businesses. Yes. it makes the local beaches and eateries busy, but those are the days you go to la Barra!
Lots of cruisers would not want to or possibly not be able to walk the pier to shore. What then? Golf carts!
I likes the floating pier proposed a few weeks ago.
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Thursday, December 17, 2015, 18:18 (3980 days ago) @ needshendy
I too would absolutely hate and protest against a pier like the one pictured. We 'discovered' Zihua aboard a cruise ship and are thankful for that. I would love to see the ships stopping again to support the local businesses. Yes. it makes the local beaches and eateries busy, but those are the days you go to la Barra!
Lots of cruisers would not want to or possibly not be able to walk the pier to shore. What then? Golf carts!
I likes the floating pier proposed a few weeks ago.
One of the benefits we discussed with the folks at our municipal government about the floating pier idea was that after the main floating pier was finished the temporary floating pier could actually be used as a shuttle for getting passengers from cruise ships to shore as well as for using it as a water taxi for Las Gatas. Imagine not having the 30-boat wait at the end of the day when everyone wants to return from Las Gatas at the same time as late as possible. Yebo!
