Another great diving day at Roca Partida

Hola from Roca Partida,

It was a sunny day full of great diving here at Roca Partida. Our first dive this morning had a strong current from the NE, great vis. at 100'+, and a chilly water surface temp. at 70 degrees (F). We started the dive in the cuevas with all of the white tip reef sharks. The sharks seemed to be huddling close together keeping warm. One ledge had 20 or more all piled on top of one another. My personal favorite is seeing all the newborns sleeping on a ledge but all you see at first are their ;little tail fins sticking out. It's about as cute as sharks get. Ok...we moved out into the blue to see a nice school of skip jack tuna and some yellowfin tuna. We even spotted quite a few galapagos and one or two silky sharks(it's our first sighting of silkies on roca in a few months). Dani's group was visited by a few dolphons just as they started their safety stop. Long enough for people to get a few shots. Welcome to Roca!

Our second dive started with a massive amount of big eye jacks and cotton mouth jacks filling the area around the north point. We were around 80 ft and looking up and there were so many, it seemed to darken the light from the sky. All slowly moving with the surge and current, it was mesmerizing.. At depth we watched on as Galapagos sharks and silky sharks lazily moved by. They seemed uninterested in us divers today, keeping mostly to themselves. It was still breath taking to be in the blue and be surrounded by such life. Of course we had a huge school of yellowfin tuna breeze by us effortlessly.

Our last dive of the day here at Roca started much like the last. We were engulfed by the large amounts of fish: triggers, creolefish, jacks of all kinds. On the outside of the fish were schools of tuna coming by again and again. Some were giants of more than 100 lbs. They were inquisitive and amazing. We also watched on as the numerous galapagos sharks and silkies swam in and out of the bait ball. It was another great diving day at Roca Partida!

Off to San Benedicto manana. Until next time...

Dave Valencia