February is slow....

visibility: is staying quite good around 35 feet
water temperature: is also staying the same around 72º
currents: hardly any, and if it's a nice little push...
surface conditions: are good too, since this winter is almost windless.

In other years the visibility would be less than 30 feet, the temperature under 65º and the wind would blow twice as much and a lot stronger. This winter is very mild, both above and under water. The whales seem to be enjoying it, we see them on a daily base, like clockwork; calves being tought by mom how to swim, breath and breatch...
Because of the temperature, or the lack of algea, or the light, or a combination of the above, we don't see the mobulas this year. Some cownose rays were seen, when we thought it was still summer (January), but since, just some rounded rays and cortez rays, a few bullseye rays and that's it. Hardly any stingrays, diamond rays, bat rays or eagle rays... We miss them dearly; they made of Los Morros a 'ray-city', now the sand is covered with goatfish and garden eels, every now and than a goliath grouper swimming by... Still, no rays in ray-city, but surtainly not a ghost town...

and here it is, winter...

Mum and kid showing off, just feet away from our boat, what a show...





visibility: down to say 25 - 30 feet, white and sandy; bottom stirred up
water temperature: also down to 68ºF, but still okay...
currents: a very slow push
surface conditions: a bit of wind (thus waves) in the afternoon, nothing we cannot manage

Finally it seems that winter has arrived, not that we are too happy about that! You know how guides are, and we are no exception on the rule; always cold, even when nice and warm... A bit more of a surprice is the drop in visibility, since there has hardly been any currents, wind or waves. The undertow must have been strong enough to get the fine, white dust from the bottom mixing up the water...
Under water the effect is noticeable, but above water the 'show' continues, totally visible and very close! And what a show; we are on our way to the dive site, when a mum-whale and her kid are looking at us. They peep their huge heads above water, to see where we are going, to follow us and surprise us with some breaching of mum and calf. Mother is directing, showing a dorsal fin as in telling her kid to jump: come on you can do it, and she can...
Summer or winter, life in the Cabo Pulmo Marine Park is always spectacular, above or under water, snorkeling or diving. I mean, what a show...

Still looks like spring...

visibility: is a wonderful 40 - 45 feet!
water temperature: also surprising high at a 73º F
currents: non, what so ever...
surface conditions: no wind, no waves and a lot of sun

The conditions to go snorkeling we're great, everything worked with us. So we took off to spot whales, and we did see several, playing, breaching and breathing. We went to see the big schools of big eyed jacks and we found them; a trillion of fish from bottom to surface in a fennel shape, impressive. We wanted to see sea lions and so we did. Lots in and out of the water; the calves playing and having fun too, like us! The mums watching closely for their safety...
Of course, the snorkeling trip also showed the amounts of fish; in the clear waters and the amounts of light they seemed closer and more colorful than ever... It's been a nice day on the water.
Hope to see you in the water too, while winter is staying a bit on a distance...