Some fresh footage from Cozumel - eagle ray season!

[jpomerantz]

Nice. We were just there for 2 weeks and only saw one on the last day. I am so jealous. They are beautiful creatures.

 

[happysnapper]

Hi Guys
We are hopefully heading out on the 22nd of jan 2011.
Staying at playacar. Will there be good diving to be had?
Any info would be really appreciated. Whats the vis like and
What could we expect to see?
Thanks
Jason

Nice. We were just there for 2 weeks and only saw one on the last day. I am so jealous. They are beautiful creatures.

 

[terrylowe]

Hi Guys
We are hopefully heading out on the 22nd of jan 2011.
Staying at playacar. Will there be good diving to be had?
Any info would be really appreciated. Whats the vis like and
What could we expect to see?
Thanks
Jason

The dive sites in Coz are all a bit different and offer a variety of different creatures. That's one of the things that makes diving there so fun....variety from dive to dive.

The visibility depends on the weather to an extent and the weather is unpredictable in January. However, even on a "poor" vis day, the actual vis is waaaaaaay out there.

I just got back from Coz and posted my underwater pics at Smugmug; you can get an idea of our visibility and of some of the critters we were fortunate to see.

Coz Dec 2010-Jan 2011 Dive - Terry's Photos | SmugMug

 

[Offroad]

Thanks for the videos, unfortunately we won't be back to Coz until June and we will be lucky to see one then. How deep were the eagle rays?

 

[suddha]

Thanks for the videos, unfortunately we won't be back to Coz until June and we will be lucky to see one then. How deep were the eagle rays?

MAx depth on those dives was about 105 feet. Majority around 85-90.

 

[happysnapper]

Hey Terry,

Many Thanks for the photographs, Love the lion fish shot , did you have a strobe?
Here is one of my videos I recently shot.
Diving Video in the Maldives shot with the Canon G12 : Jason Chambers Photography

 

[MMM]

Thanks! I'm using a Canon HF21 inside an Equinox HD6.

Any lights?

 

[MMM]

The eagle rays were thick today. I lost track of how many we saw but in some of my shots you can see a half dozen easily. I'm told there were upwards of 20 and I believe it. They just kept coming and coming. I shot some video (not as good as suddha's) and stills. A fun day. The only thing that could have made it better is if everyone on the boat had been breathing nitrox.

 

[suddha]

Any lights?

No, no lights and I didn't really miss them. I could have used lights on our night dives but then I opted to leave the camera behind for those.

 

[suddha]

Hi Sudha!
Small world...we were the other big group diving the wreck when you were there. I had my 21 yo daughter and her boyfriend, my 18 yo son and his girlfriend, my 14 yo and his best friend and me. We kicked up all the silt we could for ya I was the guy with the camera..there is a very brief clip of me on your video at 2:18. I checked my video clip and I didn't get you on it.

That was my second time on the wreck and I really loved it.
(I am sorry about kicking up all that silt though)

I posted this short clip of my crew going the other way...
ScubaBoard Gallery - C-53 Philipe Xicotentatl Wreck Dive

Terry

Very small world, Terry! I don't recall much silt, so no worries there! Nice photo set you've got. I especially like your night dive shots.