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Another great week of diving here on the East Cape with improved visibility at 45 - 50 feet and warmer bottom temps in the mid 70's in Cabo Pulmo. I say improved visibility yet when we dropped down at the north end of El Bajo we could barely see 10 feet due to the school of Big Eyed Jacks numbering somewhere in the hundreds of thousands streaming overhead and all around us! Immersing ourselves in this swarm of biblical proportions, it took all my concentration to keep tabs on all my divers as we got caught up in this maelstrom of fish. Another dive at this site and we were rewarded with two turtles, one a large Green, the other a smaller Hawksbill, both were skittish and moved quickly away but with visibility so good we were afforded more than a passing glimpse. Looking overhead purely by chance we gazed in awe on a school of 25 Golden Cownose Rays which swooped around for a second flyby.....magic!
El Cantil was also pretty special this week. Having seen the Rays at El Bajo, we were eager for more and this dive didn't disappoint. Periodically checking above us we were blown away by another flying formation, this time around 40 Smoothtail Mobular Mantas gracefully swam above, we stayed with them for a good five minutes. Large schools of Graybar and Burrito Grunt allowed us into their midst and Spanish Dancers and other colourful Nudibranchs seemed to be on every rock. Twice we looked down into the depths of the canyons and saw Banded Guitarfish swimming along, minding their own business.
We dived Punta Pescadero for only the second time this year and it looked fantastic. Beautiful sea fans and hard corals covered the rocks with Parrotfish scraping the algae from them and colourful reef fish everywhere. Panamic Porkfish were hanging around in clouds above the coral bommies and Panamic Green Morays were hiding in the nook and crannies.
Common Sightings On Most Dive
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