Tag: Sea of Cortez

This morning we did two dives at the north end, the first dive at Las Galeras and 2nd at Bajo Sandia, a couple of miles north of the island. Both dives were very good, with very cool topography, lots of reef fishes, and beautiful visibility today. At lunchtime, we moved to the south end and we’re diving a reef right at the south tip of the lighthouse, a nice reef that sits at around 40-50′, with nice fish life and some healthy soft corals and sea fans. And just as I’m writing this I can see a big pod of bottlenose dolphins hanging around the rhib and the divesite, so hoping the divers get to see them on their dive.

Last night guests arrived around 2130. They ran into some delays along the way but when they did arrive they were in good spirits and happy to be onboard. We ran overnight back up to Loreto and arrived at our first site at 0930. Our checkout dive was done at honeymoon cove on the west side of Danzante. The dive went well, a nice reef with lots of reef fish, morays, and a couple of turtles. V

We finished the trip yesterday with 4 good dives at Los Islotes, Fang Ming, and San Rafaelito. Lots of sea lion action, schooling sardines, turtles, and lots of different reef fish.

We had a great afternoon at Las Animas yesterday, in really nice conditions with some great sea lion diving, and finished with a taco night and sunset cruise south to San Francisco.

Yesterday we did two-afternoon dives at La Reyna which the guests really enjoyed and a night dive at the north end of Cerralvo which was not as exciting, viz was a bit down. Overall a great day though. This morning the two dives at Las Animas have been very good. On the first dive at the north rock, one group saw 8-10 hammerheads down in the sand around 80′. Lots of sea lions around, of course, although not super playful so far, but this afternoon we’ll dive with the young pups inside the bay. Conditions are really nice here, current mild to moderate. We’ll have taco night tonight and anchor at San Francisco to dive in that area tomorrow, then finish with our last dive day at Espiritu Santo.