We had our first dive at 0800 we had dolphins around most of the dive and at least four mantas. On the second dive, it was manta love from the minute they dropped in until their safety stop, with seven individuals with the divers at the same time, who knows how many total individuals during the entire dive.
Read MoreIt is a beautiful day today, we started the first dive from the stern, 45 ft deep, a great start for the check dive, one manta and three hammerheads, some Galapagos close to Fondeadero. In this dive one black manta and one chevron manta appeared, a few Silvertips and Galapagos on the cleaning station, and one group could see a tiger shark.
Read MoreWe did our second dive at the Canyon and was excellent, all the guests were very happy. Schooling hammerheads, Galapagos, silvertips plus a few mantas around. When I asked what they saw, the standard answer was, “Everything!”. Viz around 80ft, with mild current.
Read MoreLocation: Fondeadero Weather: Clear Skies, E Wind (8-10kts), Swell (0-2ft) Yesterday we had a really good crossing, we arrive early around 2030, dropped the anchor at Fondeadero, and slept like a baby. Today we conducted the dive briefing and after that, our guests jumped from the stern and check all their gear. Excellent first dive, […]
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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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he last two days have been dolphins and mantas galore! In the last seven dives, we have been lucky enough to be joined by dolphins on four and mantas on four. Yesterday, we were joined by a group of nine dolphins on the first dive just after our group got into the water. They stayed and played for a little while, swimming in circles around us and coming within inches of us. After about 10 minutes they swam off, but we were not sad about the dolphins leaving for long as we were soon after joined by a manta.
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Schooling hammerheads at Punta Tosca, a Tiger shark at Roca O’Neal, 8 Giant Mantas in one dive at the Boiler and an awesome surprise at Roca Partida when a pod of about 60 False Killer Whales swam by the Explorer.
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