Our first day of the trip has started with a fantastic display of nature!

Wow! What a day!

We have a nice group of multiple nationalities on board this week from Russia, USA, UK, Belgium, and Spain. Today is our first day of the trip and it has started with a fantastic display of nature. We arrived to Isla San Benedicto around 4 pm after a day of preparation. As soon as we could see the island the magic began. Dolphins appeared and began jumping and bow-riding allowing everyone to enjoy the excitement. It was nearly a half hour of dolphin time and then we had four humpback whales blow no more than 100m off our port side. We watched but kept moving along to our destination. Four more humpbacks were floating on the surface as we arrived near to the dive site. They were blowing, but no jumping. It was starting to get exciting. We all started putting on wet suits and waiting for our briefing when a tremendous amount of birds began to circle. They started attacking the surface of the water and there was splashing from sharks and yellowfin tuna which meant....BAITBALL!!! 
So we had a group meeting and explained the situation: we could a) do our check out dive OR b) do a baitball session. There was no hesitation and everyone piled into the pangas. We made our way to the action and it looked very good. We followed the safety protocol we have developed for bailballs to make sure things were ok for our guests and asked everyone to drop in and stay near the panga. It was unbelievable! There was a flurry of large yellowfin tuna as well as silky sharks, galapagos, and blacktips. It was all we had hoped for and more! The action subsided and we hopped out and decided to circle around in the pangas allowing the sharks and tuna to continue to feed and we would jump back in. It worked. As soon as we motored away, the tunas were breaching the surface like rockets and the dorsal fins of sharks were everywhere. This is what we wanted so we jumped back in and the action was on again. We did this a few times until everyone had their fill of baitballing and headed back to the Solmar V happier than ever. As we arrived back and we started to laugh and discuss all the excitement, Humpback Whales started breaching as the sun was setting....Perfect!

Until Next Time,

Dave Valencia