One shark, two sharks, three hundred....

[Christi]

Hey Christi,
Doesn't Cozumel have its own population of Hammerheads?
I haven't been there since '91, but I distinctly remember my assigned dive buddy grabbing my fin to get my attention. He pointed towards the surface, I looked up, and there were about forty or fifty of them all swimming the same direction in a school formation. I wanted real bad to go up to them, but we were at about 90 feet, and they looked to be at the surface. I took a couple pictures with my cheapo Ikelite disposable camera housing, but they didn't come out at all.

Not to my knowledge. In the last five years there are only three reported sightings that I am aware of. These sightings were all single shark sightings, in 60ish feet if water around twilight time.

No offense at all intended, but to see schooling hammerheads in Cozumel at the surface would be a freak thing and a truly once in a lifetime experience.

Hammerheads like cooler/darker water for starters, so they are typically very deep. We had to go below 80 feet to see them in these numbers. We were also told that during dry season in Cocos, they move even deeper because the water is too warm for them at the "shallower" 80 to 100 foot depths.

I've never heard of any schooling sharks in Cozumel, let alone hammerheads.

 

[Christi]

2000 dives, now I'm really jealous

So if dive #100 is the dive nekkid dive what is the custom for #1000 and 2000?

I got a ways to go before I get to even 1000, much less two, but interested in what to do to beat diving nekkid on 100.

Congrats on hitting 2k Christi. And on your vacation. I often enjoy my work, but still need my vacations too. Anything that you 'have' to do becomes work, even fun things like scuba or playing video.

Well, I don't know because I kept it pretty quiet on the boat until AFTER I did it FWIW, I also logged my 100th NON Cozumel dive...I'm working on gettting that number up! They did threaten to make me jump off the top deck nekkid...but it didn't happen

 

[rje634]

Welcome Back Christi
Glad to here you had a great time.
I look forward to seeing your pics and video in Sept.

Joe
I have some questions for you, I'll email you tonight.

 

[ggunn]

I cannot even imagine a 20' eagle ray.....wow.

FWIW, she said it was a manta, not an eagle.

Welcome home, Christi. I'm glad your trip turned out so well!

 

[Nevis Diver]

FWIW, she said it was a manta, not an eagle.

Welcome home, Christi. I'm glad your trip turned out so well!

My mistake. Thanks.

 

[sharky60]

Oh YES! The Jurassic Park Island trip! I've been wondering where you've been.

and you got the 2000 in like you wanted, that's fantastic, what a milestone!

sounds like a great time, looking forward to all the gorey details!

 

[Code Monkey]

First, I am truly envious (but, since I get really seasick, I'm also truly thankful to have not been there!)

Second, you'll be happy to hear that your crew treated us great in your absence. Sondra, Pedro, and Mago were all terrific and we had a wonderful time! We hope to dive with y'all again.

 

[bnajdrovsky]

Well, I don't know because I kept it pretty quiet on the boat until AFTER I did it FWIW, I also logged my 100th NON Cozumel dive...I'm working on gettting that number up! They did threaten to make me jump off the top deck nekkid...but it didn't happen

Welcome back, Christi, and congratulations on 2,000th dive. Your shark pictures look amazing! I hope to make it out to Cocos at some point before I shuffle this mortal coil. Look forward to your full trip report.

p.s. I didn't realize that for my 100th dive I was supposed to go nekkid... (I actually logged that one with Pedro on the Shamu back in March... )

 

[H20Bubbles]

Christi, sounds like a great trip. Can't wait to see more of the photos.

 

[Nevis Diver]

p.s. I didn't realize that for my 100th dive I was supposed to go nekkid... (I actually logged that one with Pedro on the Shamu back in March... )

Please tell me you aren't supposed to go nekkid on your 100th because I will be doing mine on Coz in September.