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ou can sit on the rocky bottom in only which lent color to the drab surroundings. tat for fish and invertebrate life. There
apture Rock - is a dramatic wall, plas- are many nooks and crannies to explore.
Y a few feet of water and watch as the tered in yellow-polyp black coral, which
Rsea lions perform their aqua-batics – loops,
rolls, and fly-by’s – as they check you out drops off the seaward side of an isolated a Vida Alta - Submerged seamounts cre-
ate excellent habitat for tropical fish. A
Land incite you to play. Their curiosity is rock pinnacle. This is a great chance to see
obvious, especially as you descend into schooling fish like Mexican barracuda, as good location for spotting eels, octopus,

deeper water away from the shore line. As well as large black sea bass and turtles but and schooling fish like yellowtail jacks, this

for scuba diving, good visibility, coral, and there’s the potential for strong currents. site is also an excellent place to spot frogfish.

hordes of tropical fish are not on the menu.
Visibility ran in the thirty-foot range, but

B Lcan approach sixty feet farther offshore.
aruni’s Canyons - is a series of pinna- abertino de Ricardo - is a maze of nar-
cles, covered in gorgonians and other row passages among large boulders

Care has to be taken to watch currents (the invertebrate life, that rise out of very deep that makes an excellent site for a night

tidal range can be up twelve feet). While water. Good place to see large grouper. dive. An excellent day dive as well, this

the fishermen who serve as “guides” are sea site hosts a wealth of invertebrate life
savvy and some have experience with com- V ensipuedes - You will understand the and is a good spot for seeing sea turtles.
mercial diving, they aren’t used to following significance of the name, “Come if
divers’ bubbles. It is a rocky reef and expect EYou Can,” once you sample this big drop- l Jardín de Luz María - is a large un-
to see the standard Bahia summer tropi- derwater rock island that’s covered in
off. This is a lengthy drift dive among
cals, like king and clarion angel fish, leop- many caves and swim-throughs. Currents. a wide variety of multi-hued gorgonians.

ard grouper, and spotted sandbass and an Not advisable during periods or days of This is an excellent site for tropical fish.

array of macro life. Explore the nooks and high tidal exchange. This is a must-do
crannies for several species of nudibranch- for the expert diver if conditions permit.
unta Pescador - is a series of rock fins
Pes, including a Mexican dancer with its frilly just offshore that provide an excellent
Eparapodial folds fluttering in the current
l Jardín de Janique - is a large reef just habitat for tropical fish and invertebrate
and a neon pink and orange Spanish shawl, offshore that provides excellent habi- life and offer a diversity of marine life.