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Okeanos Aggressor Captains Report July 27- August 5, 2013
Average Water Temperature: 82 F (26 Celsius)
Average Visibility: 80 ft (25 mts)
Wetsuits: 3mil, maybe more if you get cold easily.
Mind Blowing, Breath Taking
This is what I wrote last week, but someone said the same this week, and I am using it again as this was a life changing experience. Again my lack of English does not let me describe what we had this week in a way you really can understand, so if you really want to know what I am trying to say you must come here and live this experience. I heard this expression after we had a close encounter with a mother HUMPBACK WHALE AND HER CALF! We were coming out of a dive, and while doing our safety stop these two whales came so close - and I mean close. My heart stopped because these two giants were so incredible!
This of course is without mentioning the five dives we did in Dirty Rock. Listen to this - five dives in a row and we saw whale sharks in every single one of those dives! I must also add that in one of the dives we saw two whale sharks together, and I was able to recognize three different ones because of the markings! We could not believe it. We were all so happy!
On our last day of diving we did Manuelita in the morning (my old favorite) and just five minutes after we entered the water a 12-foot tiger shark showed up! Right after the tiger, a big Galapagos shark went by, and then almost by the time we were doing our safety stop a whale shark past by making it an awesome dive! To make the day even more incredible, our next dive was done in Dirty Rock and while playing in a huge school of jacks that was so amazing that our guests started to call - Jacknado! Then an 18-foot whale shark came into the school of jacks shaking us all up. This whale shark stayed with us for the rest of the dive, going around the divers and into the school of jacks. All of this while three silky sharks were patrolling the water close to the jacks, hoping for a fish to get distracted so they can get their meal J
This week the hammerhead sharks were a little shy, but still, we got to see schooling hammers in Alcyone and had close encounters in Manuelita. The big animals almost made us overlook the small stuff, but even when some of our guests wanted more of the big ones the small ones were still there, so that way we paid a visit to see the frogfish, the red lipped batfish, and more.
The weather had a good balance of sun and rain and our crossing both ways was nice. Plus the crossing back to the mainland was sunny, which made everyone very happy.
Thanks to all of our guests: Sergio, Henrique and Patricia, Fernando, Jason B., Carlos J., James, Jose Luis, Carlos F., Christine and Jason, Frances, Evan and Lisiane, Alan and Fiona, Altan and Kimberly - for a great week of diving.
Crew this week: Capt. Beto, Chefs Douglas and Emanuel, Engineer Luis, Steward Osayuki, Deck Hands William and Eduard, Boat drivers and Divemasters Xavier and Warren. Photos by Alberto Muñoz.
Stay tuned for more .
Average Water Temperature: 82 F (26 Celsius)
Average Visibility: 80 ft (25 mts)
Wetsuits: 3mil, maybe more if you get cold easily.
Mind Blowing, Breath Taking
This is what I wrote last week, but someone said the same this week, and I am using it again as this was a life changing experience. Again my lack of English does not let me describe what we had this week in a way you really can understand, so if you really want to know what I am trying to say you must come here and live this experience. I heard this expression after we had a close encounter with a mother HUMPBACK WHALE AND HER CALF! We were coming out of a dive, and while doing our safety stop these two whales came so close - and I mean close. My heart stopped because these two giants were so incredible!
This of course is without mentioning the five dives we did in Dirty Rock. Listen to this - five dives in a row and we saw whale sharks in every single one of those dives! I must also add that in one of the dives we saw two whale sharks together, and I was able to recognize three different ones because of the markings! We could not believe it. We were all so happy!
On our last day of diving we did Manuelita in the morning (my old favorite) and just five minutes after we entered the water a 12-foot tiger shark showed up! Right after the tiger, a big Galapagos shark went by, and then almost by the time we were doing our safety stop a whale shark past by making it an awesome dive! To make the day even more incredible, our next dive was done in Dirty Rock and while playing in a huge school of jacks that was so amazing that our guests started to call - Jacknado! Then an 18-foot whale shark came into the school of jacks shaking us all up. This whale shark stayed with us for the rest of the dive, going around the divers and into the school of jacks. All of this while three silky sharks were patrolling the water close to the jacks, hoping for a fish to get distracted so they can get their meal J
This week the hammerhead sharks were a little shy, but still, we got to see schooling hammers in Alcyone and had close encounters in Manuelita. The big animals almost made us overlook the small stuff, but even when some of our guests wanted more of the big ones the small ones were still there, so that way we paid a visit to see the frogfish, the red lipped batfish, and more.
The weather had a good balance of sun and rain and our crossing both ways was nice. Plus the crossing back to the mainland was sunny, which made everyone very happy.
Thanks to all of our guests: Sergio, Henrique and Patricia, Fernando, Jason B., Carlos J., James, Jose Luis, Carlos F., Christine and Jason, Frances, Evan and Lisiane, Alan and Fiona, Altan and Kimberly - for a great week of diving.
Crew this week: Capt. Beto, Chefs Douglas and Emanuel, Engineer Luis, Steward Osayuki, Deck Hands William and Eduard, Boat drivers and Divemasters Xavier and Warren. Photos by Alberto Muñoz.
Stay tuned for more .