Some photos of our updated signage and photos taken from a couple of dive trips to the amazing scuba and snorkel dive sites in Manzanillo Mexico. I purchased two digital cameras for use in teaching Digital Underwater Photography. I finally had a chance to actually get one in the water. The underwater photos are from a single dive at our Los Carrizales (The Reeds) dive site.
The official website for the 'Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative', a region-wide movement to understand, conserve and recover
hawksbills in the eastern Pacific is still under construction.
However, it all started with our small project called Proyecto CAREY (hawksbill project), which you can read about here:
http://www.propeninsula.org/content/1/1/15.html
The official website for the 'Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative', a region-wide movement to understand, conserve and recover
hawksbills in the eastern Pacific is still under construction.
However, it all started with our small project called Proyecto CAREY (hawksbill project), which you can read about here:
http://www.propeninsula.org/content/1/1/15.html
Dive Days always seem to start out with loading gear.
We needed 12 tanks today so almost there.
Hugo is a fantastic guy working towards his Divemaster rating. He is always cheerful and a real "CAN DO" guy. 28 years on the water in Manzanillo.
This is the tip of the Las Hadas peninsula, or La Punta. This divides Manzanillo Bay from Santiago Bay.
Nathan and Rogelio pause navigation duties for a photo.
This is Los Frailes (The Friars) dive site. Rock pinnacles that go down where you can hit 120'. Fantastic dive!
A shot of Punta Vey (Point "V") dive site.
Snorkelers having a great time in the warm, clear water.
Nathan relaxes while the other divers surface.
Heading for the boarding ladder.
We stress the importance of having a good grip and maintaining your excitement over the dive.
A very happy snorkeler prepares to board.
Carlos at 70'. Carlos is working with us on local advertising and recognition. I pointed out he seemed to be blowing a lot of air.
Carlos assured me that everything was "ok".
We encountered a Panamic Green Moray, about 3' (1 meter) long.
This is a Tube Blenny, about 1" long.
Photo of a Guineafowl Puffer.
Beautiful coloration on this Cortez Angelfish in transition from Juvenile to Adult.
A jewel moray peers out at us.
Two lobsters greet us as we pass.
These Giant Damselfish are pretty interesting and colorful.
This is what we had when we first got here. A name on the street was important, but hard to see.
We added a new street sign so delivery guys could find us.
Now we've graduated to this! This side, and the other, of a 2nd story wall.
A more distant view. Carlos, Nathan and I did the prep work of a white paint base. Geez it was HOT, HUMID and weary work.
We hosted a team of hawksbill turtle researchers. They are Alexander, Ingrid and Joaquinn Gaos. I made a night dive with them and we did observe a hawksbill turtle!
Joaquinn is 1 year old and has the biggest smile. They travel and live out of their Ford F-150 while on the road. They visit fishermen up and down the coast and interview them. If a location looks good they may try to catch and tag a few.
The hawksbill was thought to be nearly extinct in the Eastern Pacific but they are finding a small few all around the Baja, Sea of Cortez and south to Nicaragua. Manzanillo had several that were observed and we will log and report sightings for tracking. They did weigh, tag and measure one here in Manzanillo.
Richard and I met Grover Jeane on the docks in Guaymas. Grover is a PADI instructor too. He had made plans to come to Manzanillo to help Alex with the turtle research and promised to look us up. Grover helped with an advanced class and we made quite a few dives together.