Thursday, January 19, 2012

It was a beautiful morning to dive "El Canon"

Hola from San Benedicto Island!
It was a beautiful morning to dive "El Canon", as we went down the line for our first dive, we had a bit of current from the north east, and because of this we had a good feeling that we were going to run into some hammerheads.  Once we got to 60' of water, we waited for a minute while playing with over 10 wild dolphin, before heading to the southern corner of the dive site.  By the time we got there, there were at least 40 to 50 hammerheads coming in and out from the deep.  As we made our way back to the boat, we saw a few octopus, lobsters, and the green moray eels were everywhere! We were entertained on our safety stop watching lots of creole fish. 
For our second dive, we had a little bit more current, so we continued with the same dive path.  This time we ran into some hammerheads, silver tips, LOTS of fish, and 3 mantas!
The third dive we did in 60' of water, and as we swam down the anchor line, there was already a giant manta waiting to play!  We decided to head north from this point, we ran into more hammerheads coming in and out that were not shy and came very close.  The manta we initially met on our descent decided to follow us on our journey north, and was soon joined by two more mantas!  We stopped swimming because we were surrounded by three acrobatic mantas swimming circles around us that wanted all our attention!  What a fun day of diving!
Inst. Daniel

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