Dive - Isla Espíritu Santo

Diving off the sea lion colony, Los Islotes	A California Sea Lion starts a dive, Los Islotes	A curious sea lion approaches to check me out	Diving with California Sea Lions at Los Islotes at the north end of the Espiritu Santo Archipelago
Sea Lion among the rocks off Los Islotes	Sea Lion swimming over a large school of fish, Los Islotes	Sea Lions thrive in the protected waters of the Gulf of California Islands	Sea Lions just below the surface, Los Islotes
A sea lion makes a rapid banked turn	California Sea Lions playing in the waters off Los Islotes	Food for the sea lions is abundant in the rich protected waters at Los Islotes	A school of hundreds of small fish in the clear waters around the Los Islotes sea lion colony
California Sea Lion, Los Islotes	I loved watching the sea lions frolicking under water	California Sea Lions - Los Islotes	California Sea Lions - Los Islotes
Three sea lions dive in unison	California Sea Lions - Los Islotes	The sea lions didn't seem to care that we were here	Sea Lion with a large school of fish
School of thousands of tiny sardines just below the sea lion colony at California Sea Lions - Los Islotes	Giant school of sardines swims in an arc past our anchor rope	Safety in numbers at Los Islotes	These must be some type of sardine
Vast school of fish beneath the shimmering surface of the Sea of Cortes	Sea Star crawling into a crevasse	Pentaceraster sea star - Gulf of California	Crown of Thorns Starfish, Gulf of California
Well-camoflages stonefish blending into the rocky bottom at Las Islotes	At the bottom - Las Islotes, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortes)	The dive guide points out a tiny ray	LaPazDiveJan07 029.jpg
LaPazDiveJan07 030.jpg	Yellowtail Surgeonfish (Prionurus punctatus)	Pentaceraster sea star - Gulf of California	LaPazDiveJan07 036.jpg
Vast school of fish - Las Islotes	I'm going to call these sardines...	Large schools of sardines feed the sea lion colony and larger fish and seabirds	Giant school of sardines - Las Islotes
Giant school of sardines - Las Islotes	Giant school of sardines - Las Islotes	Giant school of sardines - Las Islotes	Headed for our next dive site in the Espíritu Santo Archipelago
Looking up the anchor line at the Carey II	Wreck of the Fang Ming off Isla Ballena	Propeller and rudder of the Fang Ming	Propeller - wreck of the Fang Ming
Wreck of the Fang Ming off Isla Ballena, Mexico	Wreck of the Fang Ming	Machinery on the deck of the Fang Ming	Wreck of the Fang Ming
Wreck of the Fang Ming	Wreck of the Fang Ming	Eerie view through the windows of the bridge of the Wreck of the Fang Ming	Wreck of the Fang Ming
Wreck of the Fang Ming	Cortes Angelfish on the wreck of the Fang Ming	The conservation organization Pronatura sank the Fang Ming here in 1999 to serve as an artificial reef	Our dive boat - the Carey II out of La Paz, Mexico
LaPazDiveJan07 190.jpg	Bluechin Parrotfish, Gulf of California - Isla Espíritu Santo, Mexico	LaPazDiveJan07 198.jpg	Pipefish - Gulf of California, Isla Espíritu Santo
Strange marine life form that seems to be covered in small rocks	The dive guide picks up one of them	I didn't really want to hold it...	Crown of Thorns Star - Gulf of California
Pentaceraster sea star - Gulf of California	Sergeant Majors in loose formation - Isla Espíritu Santo