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Wind Dancer Captain's Log - March 3-13, 2012
Our first week back since Dry Dock began Jan 3, 2012
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Water temp: 77-81 F, 25-27°C
This week our guests came from Germany, USA, Russia and France. Our 34 hour crossing was blessed with excellent weather and a flat sea.
The first dive was at Manuelita shallow then Manuelita deep and as usual, the first hammerheads came close to say hello. The night dive in Manuelita shallow was, as always, spectacular… hundreds of white tip sharks hunting everywhere!! Amazing! The second day we went to Punta Maria where we saw a huge Galapagos Shark swimming against the current. Dirty Rock was even better! Many marble and eagle rays, thousands of white tips, a small school of hammerheads and two big turtles! Something else? Sure! A great dinner was waiting for us aboard the Wind Dancer.
Can you imagine a better way to start the day than many hammerhead sharks and no current to make the experience even better! We also saw a couple of black tip sharks hunting… unbelievable!
Not a cloud in the sky on our fourth day in Coco’s and an excellent temperature. The water at Dos Amigos Grande and Dos Amigos Pequeña was 81F- 27°C. Pequena was spectacular….. more than 50 hammerheads in a school and very close!!! We also saw two big Manta Diablos, Devil Rays! In the afternoon we went to Manuelita deep again… and again hammerheads and one big Galapagos shark highlighted our dive. We spent the night in the calm of Chatam Bay.
We went to Alcyone again and again saw a school of hammerheads and many white tip sharks. In the blue we saw 5 or 6 tunas swimming really fast!! On the evening the night dive was again spectacular and again the white tips sharks were there in Manuelita. Another delicious dinner on the Wind Dancer and time to go to sleep…
Sixth day in the beautiful island of Cocos… The first dive was at Alcyone, and probably one of the best dives of the week. Many hammerheads everywhere!!!!! Amazing!!! We went back to Alcyone for the second dive of the day and we found a really big school of hammerheads at 110 feet!!! Also were there many white tip sharks sleeping in the rocks. The night dive was in Manuelita, a colorful place full of different corals and abundant macro opportunities. For dinner what better than a great BBQ !!
Our last day in Cocos we went to Alcyone and Manuelita and the biggest surprise was waiting for us, a Tiger Shark!!! Yes! And very close to us!
See you next week in Cocos!!
Your Wind Dancer Crew
Our first week back since Dry Dock began Jan 3, 2012
[h=2] [/h]
Water temp: 77-81 F, 25-27°C
This week our guests came from Germany, USA, Russia and France. Our 34 hour crossing was blessed with excellent weather and a flat sea.
The first dive was at Manuelita shallow then Manuelita deep and as usual, the first hammerheads came close to say hello. The night dive in Manuelita shallow was, as always, spectacular… hundreds of white tip sharks hunting everywhere!! Amazing! The second day we went to Punta Maria where we saw a huge Galapagos Shark swimming against the current. Dirty Rock was even better! Many marble and eagle rays, thousands of white tips, a small school of hammerheads and two big turtles! Something else? Sure! A great dinner was waiting for us aboard the Wind Dancer.
Can you imagine a better way to start the day than many hammerhead sharks and no current to make the experience even better! We also saw a couple of black tip sharks hunting… unbelievable!
Not a cloud in the sky on our fourth day in Coco’s and an excellent temperature. The water at Dos Amigos Grande and Dos Amigos Pequeña was 81F- 27°C. Pequena was spectacular….. more than 50 hammerheads in a school and very close!!! We also saw two big Manta Diablos, Devil Rays! In the afternoon we went to Manuelita deep again… and again hammerheads and one big Galapagos shark highlighted our dive. We spent the night in the calm of Chatam Bay.
We went to Alcyone again and again saw a school of hammerheads and many white tip sharks. In the blue we saw 5 or 6 tunas swimming really fast!! On the evening the night dive was again spectacular and again the white tips sharks were there in Manuelita. Another delicious dinner on the Wind Dancer and time to go to sleep…
Sixth day in the beautiful island of Cocos… The first dive was at Alcyone, and probably one of the best dives of the week. Many hammerheads everywhere!!!!! Amazing!!! We went back to Alcyone for the second dive of the day and we found a really big school of hammerheads at 110 feet!!! Also were there many white tip sharks sleeping in the rocks. The night dive was in Manuelita, a colorful place full of different corals and abundant macro opportunities. For dinner what better than a great BBQ !!
Our last day in Cocos we went to Alcyone and Manuelita and the biggest surprise was waiting for us, a Tiger Shark!!! Yes! And very close to us!
See you next week in Cocos!!
Your Wind Dancer Crew