Olivero MacielDíaz
		Amateur actor, pleasure diver shark trainer, and pioneer ot the tourist industryin Ixtapa - Zihuatanejo Oliverio Maciel Díaz was the “King Neptune” of Zihuatanejo. The King Neptuno

Oliverio Maciel

He was hired by director Dino de Laurentis to star in the film The boy and the Shark Produced in Bora Bora. There, Oliverio took on his famous nickname “King Neptune”. Returning to his home in beautifulZihuatanejo, he spent his final years on board the azteca, his boat. Upon his death a procession of 200 mourners, family & friends sailed the bay of Zihuatanejo. They scattered his ashes at Bajo Seco his favorite diving location.

Those who knew King Neptune believe he should have been born fish.

Oliverio Maciel Diaz swims on in peace.