Location: Espiritu Santo, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
We made this morning’s dive at whale island. Explored the caverns and swimthrough and found some beautiful nudibranchs. Had a closer look on two different cleaning stations – one attended by barberfish and the other by juvenile mexican Hogfish. We then got underway and steamed down to the wreck of the Salvatierra – a car and truck ferry that sank under mysterious circumstances in the mid 1980’s. Interesting timing on the sinking as it occurred shortly after another company started up with state-of-the-art ferries on the same route. We saw fish everywhere! Big schools of snappers groupers, even schools of pufferfish. Porcupine fish with heads as big as a human head. In the darker areas we found good size black coral, but alive it is bright bright yellow. Our last dive was a twighlight dive down at Punta arenas close to Baja mainland. Interesting site with a reef that is a big labyrinth with lots of small cracks and caverns to peek in to. And that was it for this trip In 6 days we dove 8 islands. 18 divesites A good variation of dives. Not as much the big animals but a lot of sea critters and chance to study a lot of behaviour. For me and the guests a great trip! Divemaster Sten
Weather: Air temperature still in the high 80’s. Calm winds. Calm seas. Clear skies. What more could one ask for!
Water: Visibility 100 feet. Water temperature 82 degrees
Another wreck dive off La Paz
