The weather looked nice, so we headed out to Roca Partida a little ahead of schedule. I was a little worried because Captain thought there might be another boat at this little rock in the middle of the ocean. Luckily, we passed the other boat in the middle of the night (heading home) and found the dive site lonely and waiting for us. I bought this trip to get a single moment in the water with a humpback whale. You can imagine how the day went when on the last dive I actually considered the question, should I go this way to see something other than the humpback and her baby? In recap, the first dive was to explore the site. We saw 10 sharks before we even descended to our final depth. By the time the dive was done, I lost count of how many sharks swam past me or challenged me to a staring contest. Before our second dive, we got the first chance to snorkel with the whales. The whales let us get almost within arms length and put on a display a worth of national geographic. The current picked up a little on the second and third dives, but the occasional sighting of the mother and baby whale as well a manta sighting spiced things up. The final dive of the day was one for the record books. We dropped in, turned the corner and found the two of them sleeping and waiting for us. The whole dive consisted of watching the mother rest and the baby come up and feed off her milk. Every few minutes the baby would rise to the surface for a breath and the mother would welcome the baby back in with a warming embrace of here fin. An hour of floating and watching something almost no one has ever seen was over before I knew it and now a night of searching for the best picture and moment of video begins!
