Category: Noon Reports

Did two dives this morning at Los Islotes. The first dive was a little quiet for sea lion action but huge schools of sardines which were very cool. On the second dive, the sea lions were much more playful and the guests spent most of the dive interacting with them.

We started this morning with a dive at El Bajo de San Francisco, 3nm offshore of the island. Everyone really loved it, full of fish life and coral. A big school of Cortez barracuda, black coral, yellow snapper, groupers, and turtles, with good visibility and mild current. For dive 2 we moved into San Francisquito and just completed that dive. A couple of playful sea lions around, lots of nudis on the deep side, and lots of the usual reef fish action.

We had a smooth overnight run up to Isla Coronado’s and did 2 dives there this morning. A beautiful dive site but with poor visibility. A few playful sea lions around and lots of fish, but because of the visibility we decided to try somewhere else for the afternoon. We just arrived at Isla Danzante and the RHIB is just departing for dive 3 now. We’ll do one more here this afternoon then head south again to dive around San Francisco tomorrow.

Diving has been excellent with mild to moderate current. Lots of big schools of snapper, jacks, and several hammerheads were spotted as well, a little in the distance but everyone saw them, and of course lots of playful sea lions on the last dive in the little bay of El Corralito. Guests enjoyed the diving very much today. We’ll have taco night at anchor and get underway for Isla Coronado around 2200hrs.

Yesterday afternoon we did a dive at Salvatierra and then another at Suwanee to finish the day. They were good dives but the viz was relatively low. The storm seems to have brought some cold, green water with it. I ran south overnight to Frailes and anchored at 0700 this morning. The two pangas arrived on time at 0830 and all divers were away by 0900.