Steve the Baker
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6 Days /15 Dives including 2 trips to Catalina Island. Dive shop Rich Coast Diving. Weather Sunny 90's*F everyday.Water Visibilty 20'-45' mild currents.Our 2 trips to Catalina Island.1st dive each time was done at site "Wall".We had multiple Manta Ray sightings.Also saw large schools of Eagle Rays & Devil Rays with some White Tip Sharks.2nd site each trip was a small sea mount called "Widow".Manta Rays were also sighted on both trips.The rulers of this are King Angelfish by the hundreds with Butterfly (Barber) Fish.The slower you go the more they follow the group.This is a Must see dive site! The rest of the week we dove the Gulf at sites Argentina,Monkey Head & Tortuga which all have mutiple sites.By Argentina Humpback Whales were present all week.Most people come to dive to see Large stuff Sharks, Eagle,Devil & Southern Rays. THe Macro Critters are Very abundant.Many different Nudibranchs,Clown (Harlequin) Shrimp & Barnicle Blennies.One thing nice about diving here is that depending on visability you always have something to look at.Rich Coast Diving is Excellent to deal with. Our group has booked 3 trips with them and stayed at Toro Blanco. A package that is hard to beat.Maurin (instructor) is Fantastic to dive with.She has Great knowledge of the sites and is Amazing at finding Macro critters.I have requested her the last 2 trips because she loves to dive as much as we do.Guiyo is newer to the shop but is also Excellent.Playas del Coco is a Fun town.Good restaurants & nightlife.All was an easy walk from Toro Blanco.Easy direct flights fronm Newark,NJ. Cost around $450.00 roundtrip.This is an inexpensive trip that has many activities for people who do not dive.this is one of the most Beautiful Countries I have ever visited and will be back again soon.
I was looking at (very expensive) Liveaboards in the area but it seems land based it pretty good.
