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Day One in Baja

Diving at Sea lion colony

Day one saw us up before dawn for breakfast not that I got any sleap I must have got the hardest bed in the world. I have slept on softer concrete.
Breakfast was good and hearty and the quality never changed for the rest of the week always excelent. We then headed off to load our gear onto the boat for the day's diving. We had about an hours travel to and from the dive sites each day. The routine was to be under way around 7am and in the water by 9am then 2 hours surface interval and lunch before an afternoon dive and back alongside arround 3:30-4pm.
The first days dive sites were the Sea lion colony at Los Isalotes
then the Salvatore Wreck. The sea lion colony was good with plenty of bait fish on the edge dropping down to about 70ft and plenty of Dog snapper and Grouper swimming mid water. The occasional barracuda would cruise in and smash the bait every 15 or so minutes. Then the seals would do the same thing as if trying to show off.

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Curios Sea Lion

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Grouper at Sea Lion colony

The wreck is pretty much broken up due to being rolled along the bottom in the last Hurricane but is still a great dive. There are plenty of fish around it and bigger pelagics make the occasionan visit including huge tarpon.

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Morey Eel on the wreck


The remainder of the afternoon was spent lazing at the pool before dinner at a little restraunt on the beach overlooking the bay.

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Posted by bluegroper 02:59 Archived in Mexico

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