3 Mar 2016
Today, we’re heading back toward Santiago Island, where we were a couple days ago, but this time we’ll be checking out some sites in the south:
Dive #7 – Beagle Rocks
There are so many fish here!
Large banded blenny:
Eel:
Patti and Mark:
During our surface area, we jumped into the shallows here:
and swam with some playful sea lions!
Dive #8 – Beagle Rocks (again)
Back into the sea of fish:
Figures the one time I actually get the flash to light up my subject, it’s a neon-orange sea horse:
Starry grouper:
Blobby coral:
Fine-spotted eel:
Scorpionfish:
For as rough as things started, this ended up being a pretty stellar trip!
Farewell, dive boat!
Since our dives were so close to Santa Cruz, we made it home in time to see the fish market:
at the end of the day, the fishermen bring their catches here, where the fish are cleaned and sold:
and where the sea lions:
and birds gather to eat the guts:
The evidence is written all over his face:
Well fed:
Food has been spotted:
*gulp*
(no-so)-Brown pelican:
Sneaky pelican:
*yoink!*
Brown pelican:
Lava gull:
Frigatebird:
So many birds hanging around:
Look at those feet!
Diving pelicans:
Marine iguana:
Walking around town as the sun started to set:
…I really hope the child isn’t included in the car seat sale…
A very accurate sign:
Sea lions kinda just sleep wherever they want!
And on that note, I’m off to bed too- we’ve got a day of land exploration tomorrow!