Valentina LA PAZ !!
【Oct23, 2021 Trip Report #1】
23/10/2021
Day 1 Embarking day
17:00 Guest arrival, dive equipment revise after check in to each cabin.
18:30 Introducing crew and general orientation.
Free time at Malecon, walking and dinner.
22:00 Finish embarking all guests.
23:00 Departure
24/10/2021
Day 2 La Reina
06:30 Activity start
07:00 Briefing of Valentina safety and diving
08:00 Dive #1
09:40 Breakfast
11:30 Dive #2
13:30 Lunch
15:00 Dive #3
16:30 Snorkeling @ Punta Norte de Isla Cerralvo
19:30 Dinner
We have started the first day with very very strong wind,
did 3 dives around the reef somehow.
Tried snorkel behind the big rock before dinner to look for mantas but unfortunately they didn’t show up.
25/10/2021
Day 3 Los Islotes
06:30 Activity start
07:30 Dive #1
09:00 Breakfast
10:30 Dive #2
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Dive #3
17:00 Dive #4(night)
19:30 dinner
Wind was much calm than yesterday, visibility 60ft, water temperture 82F.
The first 2 dives at Los Islotes was very active with super excited Sea Lion babies, swimming around us up and down.
This trip included very special program as 4th dive this day, Night Dive at Los Islotes!
It was windy again at night, surface was bit rough but underwater was very beautiful and enjoyed night sight of Los Islotes which looks very different from what we used to see during daytime.
26/10/2021
Day 4 Las Ánimas
06:30 Activity start
07:30 Dive #1
09:00 Breakfast
10:30 Dive #2
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Dive #3
17:00 Dive #4
19:30 Dinner
Las Animas was a blast!! Huge school of hammerhead sharks!! (Sorry, we didn’t bring back any videos😅) it was breathtaking.
First 3 dives was with hammerhead, the last one was with sea lions and Guadalupe fur seals.
It was such a great day to feel potencial of dynamic dive site Las Animas.
27/10/2021
Day 5Isla San Francisquito (lobera)
07:00 Activity start
08:00 Dive #1
09:00 Breakfast
10:30 Dive #2
12:30 Lunch
Navitage toward Isla Espíritu Santo.
15:00 Dive #3
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Dive #4 (Night dive)
Wind was still strong, we finished San Francisquito quickly and navigated toward Isla Espíritu Santo.
Chose Cardenal and Punta Tintorera for afternoon diving avoiding wind, enjoyed endemic species of Sea of Cortez reef fish.Night dive was awsome, gathered lots of mobulas.
28/10/2021
Day 6 FANG Ming & Swanee
07:00 Activity start
08:00 Dive #1
09:00 Breakfast
11:00 Dive #2
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Payment and onboard souvenir shopping
16:30 Arrive to La Paz. Transfer our guests to each hotel.
Two dives on the last day was both wonderful.
Friendly turtle at FANG Ming was waiting there for us,
maybe now it is time to name him 😁
Swanee was with great visibility with warm water
82F.
Lots different kind of fish such as snapper, goatfish, angel fish etc
was all forming a big school and made our last dive on cruise so
gourgeous!!
