Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Strong current at Roca resulted in a vortex underwater!


Because of it's remote isolation, the conditions that Roca Partida can get challenging at times and is why our favorite dive site isn't for every diver.  It can occasionally be challenging but it's still a beautiful place to dive! We were only in the water for 20 minutes and we found galapagos and silver tip sharks! The horizontal current coming from the south was so strong that it created a vortex that even fish caught in it could not escape. It looked like it was alive because along the rock it was moving up and down like a snake! For the safety of our divers, we decided to cut our dive short and head to Socorro Island with enough time to get a dive off at the end of the day.  Conditions at roca were 100'+ visibility, 75F temp, with very strong current.
On our afternoon dive at Socorro Island, we found lots of fish and a silver tip shark!
Dive Inst
Daniel Zapata

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