07 March 2010

Let's do a wreck dive...



visibility: not bad, like some 30 feet
water temperature: a comfortable 72º
currents: non what so ever
surface conditions: flat as a pancake...


The conditions were good, so we decided to do a wreck dive again, it's been a long time...
The first dive we did in Los Morros, always a bit of a surprise, what are we going to see. This winter the water stayed warm and reasonably clear, so not too much food for fish. More specifically, no food for rays. This winter only in it's beginning we saw some schools of cownose rays cruising by. After January we didn't see any ray; no diamond rays, no electric reef ray, hardly any bullseye ray, a stingray or two but above all, no mobulas. The jumping or flying manta rays didn't show up this winter, non at all. We see them jumping in the distance, close to the canyons, but they don't enter the bay.
The whales do and during the surface interval we are enjoying their company. While diving their singing makes up for missing the rays and the amound of fish on the wreck is impressive...

What a strange year, an unusual season, so many surprises, nothing is predictable and everything is beautiful...

How nice to have a diving life!

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