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 |
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Yellowtail Surgeonfish (Prionurus punctatus) |
Pentaceraster sea star - Gulf of California |
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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 |
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Bluechin Parrotfish, Gulf of California - Isla Espíritu Santo, Mexico |
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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 |