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Okeanos Aggressor Captain’s Log April 10 to April 17, 2012
Okeanos Aggressor Captains Log April 17, 2012
Water Temperature 82-86 F 27-28 C Visibility 60 ft-20 meters Wetsuits: 3mm, maybe more if you get cold easily.
Crew this week: Capt. Beto, Chefs Leonidas and Douglas, Engineer Luis, Steward Osayuki, Boat drivers Marvin, Xavier, David and, Divemaster Carlos Sanchez.
Another easy crossing over to the island and diving started with tons of fish in the shallows of Manuelita. Just as we started our dive a huge manta ray went by hovering just above our heads swimming against the current so even the strongest swimmers could not keep up although it exerted minimal effort. The next two dives were really good as the water cooled down and many marble rays came up to shallower water. Moving around the corner a huge tiger shark came in close so we could get pictures. We were all excited about this as the shark was really big and close. There were also some hammerhead sharks coming in close to get cleaned by the barber fish. The next day we paid a visit to Punta Maria and Dirty Rock for really good dives. Punta Maria was very active with hammerhead sharks but the highlight of the dive were the Galapagos sharks that had taken the hammerhead sharks cleaning station and were getting cleaned by the very same barber fish. They came close to the divers giving us lots of time for the pictures. Dirty Rock had lots of hammerheads that wanted to get cleaned. Some of us did not understand the fact that if you are in mid water, the sharks will not come close. You must be touching the rocks and relax your breathing if you really want the hammerheads to come in close. There was also a school of cotton mouth jacks that was being chased by the larger blue spotted jacks. This went on for a long time before we moved towards the back side of the dive site where a friendly turtle let us get very close…..such a beautiful dive that we had to do again….
Since the weather was great this week we made it to the south side of the island and the dives were beautiful. Submerged Rock was loaded with hundreds of snappers, grunts and sharks and the water was clear and warm, perfect conditions for diving. The dive at Lone Stone had some current and fish seemed to be happy as they were really moving around, as we finned our way around the rock an eagle ray glided on top of us and when we were doing our safety stop four Mobula rays swam around us for while and letting us get all the pictures we wanted.
Next day we visited Dos Amigos, both rocks had action, the little one had hammerheads coming really close within touching distance while the big Dos Amigos had the arch loaded with thousands of fish, they had to open up in order for you to move thru the arch.
The night dives in Manuelita were amazing with the white tip sharks hunting and doing their feeding frenzy, another night dive that is becoming really good is Viking rock, it has lots of little stuff for macro photography and also sharks hunting..
This was a week of awesome diving and good weather, the rainy season in Costa Rica is about to start so we’ll see what it comes with.
Stay tuned for more……
Thanks to all of our guests; Martin, R., Martin S., Martin L., Antony, Stephen, Clive, Henry, Andrew and Suzanne, John and Anne, Sarah, Matthias, Sid, Damian and Susana. For a great week of diving! Safe Diving, Capt. Beto
(Photos by Carlos Sanchez)
Okeanos Aggressor Captains Log April 17, 2012
Water Temperature 82-86 F 27-28 C Visibility 60 ft-20 meters Wetsuits: 3mm, maybe more if you get cold easily.
Crew this week: Capt. Beto, Chefs Leonidas and Douglas, Engineer Luis, Steward Osayuki, Boat drivers Marvin, Xavier, David and, Divemaster Carlos Sanchez.
Another easy crossing over to the island and diving started with tons of fish in the shallows of Manuelita. Just as we started our dive a huge manta ray went by hovering just above our heads swimming against the current so even the strongest swimmers could not keep up although it exerted minimal effort. The next two dives were really good as the water cooled down and many marble rays came up to shallower water. Moving around the corner a huge tiger shark came in close so we could get pictures. We were all excited about this as the shark was really big and close. There were also some hammerhead sharks coming in close to get cleaned by the barber fish. The next day we paid a visit to Punta Maria and Dirty Rock for really good dives. Punta Maria was very active with hammerhead sharks but the highlight of the dive were the Galapagos sharks that had taken the hammerhead sharks cleaning station and were getting cleaned by the very same barber fish. They came close to the divers giving us lots of time for the pictures. Dirty Rock had lots of hammerheads that wanted to get cleaned. Some of us did not understand the fact that if you are in mid water, the sharks will not come close. You must be touching the rocks and relax your breathing if you really want the hammerheads to come in close. There was also a school of cotton mouth jacks that was being chased by the larger blue spotted jacks. This went on for a long time before we moved towards the back side of the dive site where a friendly turtle let us get very close…..such a beautiful dive that we had to do again….
Since the weather was great this week we made it to the south side of the island and the dives were beautiful. Submerged Rock was loaded with hundreds of snappers, grunts and sharks and the water was clear and warm, perfect conditions for diving. The dive at Lone Stone had some current and fish seemed to be happy as they were really moving around, as we finned our way around the rock an eagle ray glided on top of us and when we were doing our safety stop four Mobula rays swam around us for while and letting us get all the pictures we wanted.
Next day we visited Dos Amigos, both rocks had action, the little one had hammerheads coming really close within touching distance while the big Dos Amigos had the arch loaded with thousands of fish, they had to open up in order for you to move thru the arch.
The night dives in Manuelita were amazing with the white tip sharks hunting and doing their feeding frenzy, another night dive that is becoming really good is Viking rock, it has lots of little stuff for macro photography and also sharks hunting..
This was a week of awesome diving and good weather, the rainy season in Costa Rica is about to start so we’ll see what it comes with.
Stay tuned for more……
Thanks to all of our guests; Martin, R., Martin S., Martin L., Antony, Stephen, Clive, Henry, Andrew and Suzanne, John and Anne, Sarah, Matthias, Sid, Damian and Susana. For a great week of diving! Safe Diving, Capt. Beto
(Photos by Carlos Sanchez)