visibility: Better than great; up to 100 feet / 30 meters...
currents: Hardly mentionable, not more than a little push in the right direction...
surface conditions: Blue, blue and blue, hardly waves, bit of breeze, bit overcast but nice and hot, hot and hot...
water temperature: Talking about bathwater; 77º at depth and 81º at the surface!!!
Every year we seem to gain a month, 2 years ago in August, last year in July and now already in June. Don't know if this is a result of global warming, but it serves us just fine; a water temperature that is rising to a comfortable 83 - 85ºF (30ºC), together with an improvement of the visibility of up to 100 feet...
Great circumstances for diving; no more thick wetsuits, no more heavy weight belts, being able to see the reef from side to side, it becomes a Mecca for under water photographers and videographers. The winter life is still in, but in summer conditions, it's like taking winter shots, without the snow; picturing all the abundant life, also the bad, cow nose and manta rays, the schooling jacks, mating grouper and snapper, while the eels are going crazy eating the 'left-overs'.
I'm going to get the cameras ready again, it's that time, hunting time, hunting for good shots of grouper in el bajo, or sharks in la esperanza, huge schools of dog snapper and jacks in el cantil, maybe a turtle in las casitas and of course, the last rays and the enormous Goliath grouper (formally known as Jew-fish) in los morros. And... and... oh yeah, the wreck with it's schools of balloon fish, but still there's something missing...
Wander what that was, don't believe I forgotten about it... what was it again...
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