Diving El Arrecife in July 2023

[Dan]

I just came back from Malpelo, Colombia (20-30 July 2023). Below is a video from Dive 1 & 21 in El Arrecife (also called Altar de Virginia). Hopefully I'll finish editing the rest of the trip videos and write a trip report by end of next week.

 

[Interceptor121]

Very nice.
I may get a GoPro for the RIB surface scenes my camera is too heavy to hold. I see even the newer GoPro are quite green underwater and Malpelo is pretty dark though your looks like a lovely sunny day.
I can see Sten in shorts and tshirts!

 

[Dan]

Very nice.
I may get a GoPro for the RIB surface scenes my camera is too heavy to hold. I see even the newer GoPro are quite green underwater and Malpelo is pretty dark though your looks like a lovely sunny day.
I can see Sten in shorts and tshirts!

Thanks for the compliment!

We had some dark days (thick cloud covering the sun) too and raining a couple of times. My 3000-lumen Sea-Life Sea-Dragon help bringing the color out a bit.

Sten's injured knee was getting much better during our trip. Glad to squeeze 21 dives out of this trip to Malpelo.

The water temperature was just right for me with 5mm wetsuit, but it's not cold enough for Sten to wear full wetsuit. I'm from Indonesia and he is from Sweden.

 

[Interceptor121]

Thanks for the compliment!

We had some dark days (thick cloud covering the sun) too and raining a couple of times. My 3000-lumen Sea-Life Sea-Dragon help bringing the color out a bit.

Sten's injured knee was getting much better during our trip. Glad to squeeze 21 dives out of this trip to Malpelo.

The water temperature was just right for me with 5mm wetsuit, but it's not cold enough for Sten to wear full wetsuit. I'm from Indonesia and he is from Sweden.

We had a few massive downpours however when we had those we had the best fish action you go figure!