San Ignacio Opens in January!
the most extraordinary whale interactions! 4 - 12 day trips!
This post is about our diving at Cabo Pierce aboard the Nautilus but before I get down to the dive proper, it would be such a shame if I did not mention the wonderful hospitability on board that made the trip even more pleasurable. A big thanks to Chef Tony for the amazing food dished […]
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We had eight massive silvertip sharks, circling the cleaning station. What a good-looking fish! The hefty Galapagos sharks that slid into their group made the elegant white markings of the Silvertips even more beautiful.
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Being forced by current to jump from rock to rock without a mere shadow of a shark can sometimes be frustrating, but with close attention one might notice that the custodians of our beloved animals (Clarion Angelfish) sometime swim nervously up wondering if our divers might be guests to clean and groom… a nuance that the over-expectant eye may haplessly overlook.
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Mantas, chevron and black, at least 5 at the same time. Around the two cleaning stations a pod of ten dolphins and an inquisitive hammerhead shark.
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We descended right down to the cleaning stations and were greeted by a school of juvenile silvertip sharks, 2 chevron mantas, a hammerhead, and lots of cool fish.
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I worked with giant manta identification to differentiate each individual, and thus evaluate their population. This helps to obtain important information including how many individuals are in the biosphere reserve, how many mantas are present every season and if there are new mantas every season. It also includes which islands attract more mantas, how many females and males are there, and how the mantas move between the islands.
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