A perfect day to be at Roca Partida!

We had a calm surface, no wind, and plenty of sun at Roca Partida, it was a perfect day to be here!  The first dive of the morning was spread out due to a mild current, we had a water temp in the mid 70's with over 80' visibility. The east side of the rock was packed with lots of white tips, a wall of black cotton mouth jacks gave our guests a chance to take some great photos, and 5 Galapagos sharks were cruising over our heads while we were taking photos of the jacks! We headed to the northern point of the rock, and more Galapagos sharks were waiting for us! A school of about 20 adult sized Galapagos were in shallow water between 30 and 50', the same mild current that brought us south west also put us above a school of more than 70 hammerheads, but they were a bit deep, some of the hammerheads were around 110' with the majority of the school another 30' below that! It was cool watching them swimming together on their flank, not being shy at all which gave us a lot of time to enjoy them. Silver tips were also a part of the show, a few even came in for some close up shots! In the area was what is left of a bait ball of striped bonito which some silky sharks were finishing off when we had to do our safety stop. For our second dive, the current picked up a lot. A little current can go a long way at Roca, and with the current we found Galapagos, silver tip, hammerheads, and white tip sharks along with lots of jacks on the south eastern corner of the Rock, we just had to do a little bit of extra swimming, an excellent workout! We drifted for our safety stop, and BINGO! 20 dolphins came in to play as we finished our dive, one of them was exceptionally playful, but the rest of them still came close for our cameras.

The third dive was as exciting as the first, but the current diminished and once again the south eastern point was the place to be. We found the same school of Galapagos we had seen since the morning, more silver tips, white tips, we did not move from the corner! A big plus was when the hammerheads came up to shallower water, without any current! Did we enjoy it?! You bet we all did! It was a great dive day at Roca!
Dive Instructor

Daniel Zapata