Weekend dive report at puerto vallarta area.
general conditions
viz: 15-20 feet / water temp. : 18°C 64°F
1. quijada del diablo @ los arcos
we had calm water conditions but viz was very bad. we went to 130ft. and saw many eels, stone fishes and large fish schools (mainly angel fish, surgeon fish) also a turtle and many small nudibranchs and shrimps. During the surface interval a school of golden rays (7-9) was circling the boat, very nice. Second dive was almost the same, just this time we spent a lot of time on shallow water going trought the channels between the rocks. i took a stage tank with me, and stayed at the end breathing from that while sharing air with my buddy. First time i share air with the 7ft hose, its so confortable to do this. We both were glad to have that configuration, it really works nicely.
2. el banco.
It´s located to 92 km in the western part of Puerto Vallarta.
Its a underwater group of rocks, which minimal depth is 80 feet. It is possible that this submarine mountain could be an Island Maria who did not come to the surface in his geological evolution. From this point and looking at the north one sees the island Maria Cleofas and the island Maria Magdalena.
To come there we took a rapid boat for approximately 2-1/2 hrs. The place itself is unique. Have a very interesting configuration with channels, pinnacles, and caves everywhere. There is a lot of life and the place looks very healty. It was a shame that the viz was so limited. Here we saw huge octopuses, eels and large colored schools of fishes, also i saw the biggest tuna i have ever seen, and others in the group saw the large big tunas school. We were expecting to see some sharks, whales or dolphins, but did not.
Hope to come back to this location soon, maybe at may and will let you know.
regards from sunny mexico
general conditions
viz: 15-20 feet / water temp. : 18°C 64°F
1. quijada del diablo @ los arcos
we had calm water conditions but viz was very bad. we went to 130ft. and saw many eels, stone fishes and large fish schools (mainly angel fish, surgeon fish) also a turtle and many small nudibranchs and shrimps. During the surface interval a school of golden rays (7-9) was circling the boat, very nice. Second dive was almost the same, just this time we spent a lot of time on shallow water going trought the channels between the rocks. i took a stage tank with me, and stayed at the end breathing from that while sharing air with my buddy. First time i share air with the 7ft hose, its so confortable to do this. We both were glad to have that configuration, it really works nicely.
2. el banco.
It´s located to 92 km in the western part of Puerto Vallarta.
Its a underwater group of rocks, which minimal depth is 80 feet. It is possible that this submarine mountain could be an Island Maria who did not come to the surface in his geological evolution. From this point and looking at the north one sees the island Maria Cleofas and the island Maria Magdalena.
To come there we took a rapid boat for approximately 2-1/2 hrs. The place itself is unique. Have a very interesting configuration with channels, pinnacles, and caves everywhere. There is a lot of life and the place looks very healty. It was a shame that the viz was so limited. Here we saw huge octopuses, eels and large colored schools of fishes, also i saw the biggest tuna i have ever seen, and others in the group saw the large big tunas school. We were expecting to see some sharks, whales or dolphins, but did not.
Hope to come back to this location soon, maybe at may and will let you know.
regards from sunny mexico
