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How I Learned to Plant and Save Our Coral in Cozumel!

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I learned to plant and save coral during a trip to Cozumel in September 2018. Saving and replanting coral is more important now than ever as our oceans warm, chemicals from sunscreens abound, and acidification continues to threaten our ecosystems. I now have a Coral Reef Conservation Specialty from PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), and I am ready to travel to help save our reefs! [Read more…] about How I Learned to Plant and Save Our Coral in Cozumel!

Cozumel Critter Diving was Fantastic in September 2018!

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Antilles Sponge Crab! See the eye stalks?

Cozumel critter diving was fantastic last month! I have always loved the diving in Cozumel, but never more than now! Shore diving has become my favorite diving, but I still love the boat and drift dives, too. It has been so much fun to dive the shallow shore line and discover the little critters who live there, and that no one ever sees! Check out these fabulous finds! Diving with Mario Ceh of Scuba with Mario is always an adventure. He has sharp eyes and sees what others miss…lucky for me!

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What Diving the Revillagigedos Archipelago Really Looks Like, Part Three

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San Benedicto is my favorite!

What Diving the Revillagigedos Archipelago Really Looks Like!!!!

While I love diving the entire archipelago of Revillagigedos, I confess to a slight bias toward the island of San Benedicto. I have several reasons for this, and the first is the appearance of the island itself. I absolutely love the lava streamed rock of the island, which last erupted in 1952. It also has amazing dive sites, namely El Boiler and the 3 Sisters. Each of these sites was boiling with wildlife action! Enjoy!

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El Boiler is known for awesome Manta Ray encounters!

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The Towers on El Boiler

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Our divemaster, Jenny, looking up at a manta ray

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Dr Andrea Marshall, Queen of Mantas

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One of my identification photos. Mantas almost always have Remoras on board, with no way to get them off.

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Andrea took a couple of photos of me photographing a manta! So cool!

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Remoras cling top and bottom to Mantas.

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It was Hammerhead time on El Boiler, but I couldn’t get close enough for a really clear photo. They are sooo cool.

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A beauty hanging out with its companions.

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Hello big Moray!

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A Clarion Angelfish on the Three Sister’s Garden.

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Scorpionfish.

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A Melanistic Manta…pure black on top, with these markings on its underside. My favorite!

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Tigo (divemaster) and my buddy, Ingrid, cutting fishing line. There is no fishing allowed in this reserve!

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The Three Sisters Garden area

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What Diving the Revillagigedos Archipelago Really Looks Like, Part Two

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My last post, What Diving the Revillagigedos Archipelago is Really Like, Part One, focused on the island Roca Partida. On this post we will head to the island of Socorro, the largest island in the group. The dive sites on this island include Cabo Pearce, Punta Tosca, and the Aquarium. The Aquarium was the most happening site! Most of all, I want to show you the topography and lighting down below, and though it isn’t soft waving coral, it has its own kind of beauty, as do the animals. I went on this trip with Dr Andrea Marshall’s Ray of Hope Expeditions!

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One side of the island is covered in “shrubland”.

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A Fish Eye View of Socorro Island!

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The Aquarium at Socorro.

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And through the fissures in the rocks….a Pandemic Eel, huge!

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The archipelago is a UNESCO Heritage Site.

I loved this fish face, a Yellow Box Fish adult.

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These are beautiful Barber Fish…a type of butterfly fish cleaner.

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From below, the Aquarium.

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Such a gorgeous sea star!

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Blue Fin Trevally

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Mantas were checking us out!

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Revillagigedos Grouper

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Bumphead Hogfish and a Bicolor Parrot

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A Pencil Slate Urchin. I love these dudes, I find them so interesting!

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A Flowered Flounder!

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A Crown of Thorns Seastar on the move.

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Sunset, Socorro Islands, Mexico

YOU WOULD ENJOY THIS ARTICLE FROM THE QUEEN OF MANTAS!

http://www.queenofmantas.com/the-citizen-science-revolution/

I love doing citizen science!

From left to right, Fin, Andrea, Annie, Isabella, Tam and Lauren.

 

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