Sadly today was our last day of boat dives with Nestor and the crew of the Scuba II. They did a wonderful job over the last 6 days finding us some excellent dive sites. Nestor is amazing at finding us the stuff we wanted to see...it got to be almost like ordering off the menu! We wanted to see turtles...we got turtles...seahorses...we got seahorses...moray eels...we got a show and a half of morays! The only item on the list that we didn't get to see was a shark...so I guess that means we'll just have to come back and try again later :-).
Today we dove two sites that we had done earlier in the week, Paso Del Cedral and Yucab. It's amazing how even the same location can be so different from day to day. We were lucky that our first dive today came near the end of our trip because after this dive I don't know how any others could measure up. We were immediately greeted by a big Barracuda as we started the dive and then a huge turtle! We saw 5 or 6 turtles during the dive and they were all quite calm and casual about having their photos taken! The main reason for choosing this site was to find a Moray Eel for Monica. She had missed the one we saw earlier in the week before she had arrived. Not only did we get to see two Moray's but one came out and was hunting with a big Grouper and entertained us for quite some time! Towards the end of the dive Wade and I looked out across the sand and spotted two HUGE Rainbow Parrotfish. We slowly approached to see if we could get some pics and video. Careful...don't want to scare them away...yeah right...they swam right around me! Not afraid at all...well...I was a little bit! They were so big and their beaks are so big and sharp...you can hear them when the crunch the coral under water! We got a couple of shots and a bit of video then moved on :-). Most boats do this dive site for the second dive of the day so we were the only boat there when we arrived. Maybe that is why we got to see so many cool critters! Way to go Nestor! Home run!
The Yucab site today was teeming with fish. Huge schools of them and they weren't skittish at all...they were happy to have us hang out with them. That was pretty neat. I saw my first Toadfish on this dive. Everyone else had seen them but me...so Nestor found one and called me over. He was hiding in his little cave but I managed to squirm down and get a pic...not a great one but proof that I saw him! The current was a nice speed on this dive...relaxing and easy to ride but you could stop if you wanted to take a pic or look at something a bit longer.
Now we are back in the room relaxing after lunch...we were all planning on doing a shore dive but it looks like we may get another squall go through so we're waiting to see if it clears off or not.
Tomorrow we've booked a trip to the mainland to dive the Cenotes. We'll take the water taxi over with our gear and meet up with our guide. We'll do two dives in the Cenotes and then head back on the taxi to the condo.
Is it just my imagination or does time go by faster towards the end of vacation?
Today we dove two sites that we had done earlier in the week, Paso Del Cedral and Yucab. It's amazing how even the same location can be so different from day to day. We were lucky that our first dive today came near the end of our trip because after this dive I don't know how any others could measure up. We were immediately greeted by a big Barracuda as we started the dive and then a huge turtle! We saw 5 or 6 turtles during the dive and they were all quite calm and casual about having their photos taken! The main reason for choosing this site was to find a Moray Eel for Monica. She had missed the one we saw earlier in the week before she had arrived. Not only did we get to see two Moray's but one came out and was hunting with a big Grouper and entertained us for quite some time! Towards the end of the dive Wade and I looked out across the sand and spotted two HUGE Rainbow Parrotfish. We slowly approached to see if we could get some pics and video. Careful...don't want to scare them away...yeah right...they swam right around me! Not afraid at all...well...I was a little bit! They were so big and their beaks are so big and sharp...you can hear them when the crunch the coral under water! We got a couple of shots and a bit of video then moved on :-). Most boats do this dive site for the second dive of the day so we were the only boat there when we arrived. Maybe that is why we got to see so many cool critters! Way to go Nestor! Home run!
The Yucab site today was teeming with fish. Huge schools of them and they weren't skittish at all...they were happy to have us hang out with them. That was pretty neat. I saw my first Toadfish on this dive. Everyone else had seen them but me...so Nestor found one and called me over. He was hiding in his little cave but I managed to squirm down and get a pic...not a great one but proof that I saw him! The current was a nice speed on this dive...relaxing and easy to ride but you could stop if you wanted to take a pic or look at something a bit longer.
Now we are back in the room relaxing after lunch...we were all planning on doing a shore dive but it looks like we may get another squall go through so we're waiting to see if it clears off or not.
Tomorrow we've booked a trip to the mainland to dive the Cenotes. We'll take the water taxi over with our gear and meet up with our guide. We'll do two dives in the Cenotes and then head back on the taxi to the condo.
Is it just my imagination or does time go by faster towards the end of vacation?
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