The smooth crossing from
Roca Partida to the biggest island of the archipelago let us re-charge our
batteries. That along with the delicious breakfast our chef prepares every
morning of course! At 7.30am
the dive deck was ready to rock, especially because we had some old Chuck
Berry record playing on the speakers for the divers to stretch out and
get ready. Conditions underwater were good, water was warm, about 77F,
and the current was very easy to deal with. Visibility could have been
better, but some spots were over 60' visibility, depending on the side of the area. The first site was Punta Tosca,
we were expecting to find some early dolphins, and lately the mantas
have been seen over the cleaning stations in the area. Unfortunately they
were not there this time, nor were the dolphins, although the reef looked
ready to welcome them, all the cleaning clarion angelfish had no job to
do this morning. For the second dive split into two groups, upon request of
those who wanted to try their luck with the humpback whales that are
still in the islands, a snorkeling group for some and the rest of our guests decided to continue diving! For the divers, they found some galapagos sharks, and on this dive one of the local mantas showed up, the diving group was excited to see a manta they were hoping for in the morning. The snorkelers were even happier, thanks in part to our experienced panga driver Luis, we had 3 opportunities to swim with these amazing animals, each time it was a pair of humpbacks, a mother and her calf! Although the encounters were brief, everybody agreed they
were very satisfied. We also swam with a big green turtle and some small
silky and silvertip sharks! After checking in with the Mexican Navy at
their base in the island, we dove at Cabo Pierce, were the water was warm, up
to 80F, and the visibility was still lower than usual. None the less, we enjoyed the colorful reef,
full of octopuses, flounders, stonefishes, eels, a couple of
turtles and 3 BIG hammerhead sharks. Now we are headed to San Benedicto for
our last day of diving, sea is flat, and the wind in the tail, so we're expecting a smooth crossing! good
night everybody.
Adrian
Divemaster on board SOLMAR V
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