A nice sunny morning with a mild breeze stirred up small waves and a few white caps. The weather calmed throughout the day till late afternoon when the wind picked up as we came into the harbor.

Description of the day’s events: 

Being one of my favorite dive sites, El Bajito was alive as usual. With the multiple cracks and holes in the top of the seamount, so many creatures call this site home. We found many octopi lurking in their burrows and eels out hunting with their entourage of predator fish. In order to use the current to our advantage, we “hid” behind the rocks and continued as east as we were able, then swam up into the moving water and drifted the whole length of the rock. Along the top, there are many cracks big enough to duck into for a moment to get below the current. This is where we found some Rainbow Scorpion fish, basket stars, and a turtle. Back on the boat, we took the long road to the next site and searched for mammals: dolphins, whales, or other creatures that can be spotted from the surface. We found a place with many Green Turtles feeding and lots of jumping Mobulas were seen. At Salvatierra, the water looked a bit green from the surface. As we descended, the water cleared up a little but it was still less than ideal. After the traditional stop at the “toilet and wash basin” alongside the wreck, we continued on our dive, using the wreck as a current break, we looked in the cracks for the hidden animals and found quite a few. The Nudibranchs seemed unaffected by the condition of the water and were out feeding along with the eels and big Porcupine Fish. This wreck really attracts the unusually large fish: puffers, groupers, and jacks. The garden of Garden Eels was out in force, doing their part to clean up the water and the little stag-horn crabs and baby fish seem to be getting bigger every day. On the ride home, we were escorted into La Paz by a small pod of dolphin.