Day 1. The arrival to San Benedicto is always greeted with the comfort of seeing land, again! It never gets old for me as I approach our first anchorage on the southern side of the island. This puts us squarely in front of the volcano dome which rises rapidly from the sea. Its ash covered […]
Read MoreOk, the boiler was rockin’ dolphins up close and personal. So then we hit las cuevitas and we were able to find the skeletal remains of a false killer whale I had spotted there last week. Wicked..and then I had a first of my twelve year dive career, a frog fish!!! At San Benedicto island. […]
Read MoreToday was my last chance to get wet at Roca Partida. We have been out for two days of great diving, I was hoping to report whale sharks again this week, but alas no joy! Have to settle for the dolphins and sharks. I did get a chance to dive with the Mexican Team (a […]
Read MoreHow was it diving at the Boiler with the Mantas?! It was great, we saw tons of wildlife on the walls of the Boiler and then the giant Mantas came into the picture. Amazing they would come right up to you make eye contact and then swoop right over your head. It was so cool! […]
Read MoreAgonized a bit yesterday about staying for another day and 4 of the 5 of the Russian guests said they would prefer to move on, wanted to see a whale shark. Well, stayed for the day and whale shark has been circling Roca Partida all morning, everyone has seen him multiple times, albeit it is […]
Read More“Tectonic Summary Seismotectonics of Mexico Located atop three of the large tectonic plates, Mexico is one of the world’s most seismologically active regions. The relative motion of these crustal plates causes frequent earthquakes and occasional volcanic eruptions. Most of the Mexican landmass is on the westward moving North American plate.”… View fill article here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb0009jik#summary
Read MoreWhat a great last three days we have had. In spite of the fact we have had one of the largest storms in the NE Pacific this year, some 2500 miles away send down a large wave train that has affected some of our usual hots spots, we have been sitting on the eastern side […]
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