Noticed the shark pictures in there. From reading elsewhere, I thought it was pretty rare to see them off Roatan. Am I mistaken or did you just get really lucky? Either way, CCV is on my short list of places to go in the next year or two.
James
During the week I was there, Caribbean Reef Sharks made an appearance during two drop-off dives to CCV. It isn't all that uncommon. Think about it- they're in the water 24/7 and we're in their environment maybe 27 hrs in a week... for those who use every opportunity to make every dive at CoCoView.
So during the week of diving, you have a 27 in 168 chance (1/6) of getting a glimpse of them... if and when they swim by. If you are looking out into the blue and not at the florid vibrant walls that line CCV. Not good chances.
My eyes are focused on the macro and micro, rarely looking off into the deep. Big stuff has never fascinated me for long, I like the bizarro world of reef creatures. In the Galapagos, the DMs were absolutely oblivious to the two Nudibranchs that were locked in constant battle on their lava flow "reefs". In the Maldives, the DM had no clue what Yellow Cup Coral was. It just depends on what you want to see.
Use CCV for the micro and macro creatures that abound in this very niche specific locale. Follow the DMs like puppy dogs. Get the Naturalist course from Dockside Dive Center. Buy a glass magnifier, slow down, see what you've been missing.
Roatan South side CoCoView pictures by Doc_Adelman - Photobucket
While diving in
shore dive access zones from CCV, I have seen Hammerheads, Black and White Tips, two Whale Sharks, Atlantic Mantas and whatever else. Others have actually flopped-in with documented Killer Whales.
Anywhere you go, dive as much as you can- you can't see much from the bar.
