Diving Isla Espiritu Santo and Los Islotes in the Sea of Cortez is a unique and different experience with its own charm – and generally calm water – and excellent visibility. Isla Espiritu Santo We started the day at the artificial wreck Fang Ming that came in with Chinese refugees and later became the first […]
Read MoreLocation: 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 […]
Read MoreLocation: Espiritu Santo Island, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico Wind had calmed down a bit but picked up in the afternoon with a norte. We decided to make today a wreck day. Our first dive site of the day was the wreck of the Fang Ming that was sank as an artificial reef west of […]
Read MoreToday’s dive sites included the wreck of the ferry Salvatierra and Suwammee Reef with its enormous biomass of fish, sea lions and cormorants. This is where Peter Schalwyk, one of our favourite divemasters, shot his famous sequence of a determined cormorant chasing and finally catching a bait fish.
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