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| “Los Erizos” Santa Cruz Apart from many other forms of life, the most interesting here is the enormous amount of sea urchins (Erizos in Spanish) in black, red, brown, green and in distinct forms and sizes, especially when you dive here at night. The site is basically a mini underwater “mountain range” between depths of 12m/40ft and 22m/70ft, stretching out from the coast towards the east. On the south side there´s an interesting, shallow site we call “La Morena” because we once found a enormous Green Moray Eel there. |
“El Barquito” Santa Cruz
This used to be the site of a wreck, but storms and hurricanes reduced it to bits and pieces. It´s still a very interesting site which seems to attract a lot of fish, often in big schools. You´ll find parts of the wreck scattered around over the rocky bottom in a big area, from shallow to the deeper end where a big anchor can be found in 66ft/20m. You can find it easily by following a massive chain that lies across the site ending at the anchor. Because of the surge this site is recommended for experienced divers.
“El Chelo” Santa Cruz / Organo
Here you´ll find a beautiful combination of rocks and corals where a cautious observer will discover an impressive amount of small, camouflaged species like sea snails, sponges, star fish, sea urchins, octopus, Christmas Tree Worms, and sometimes even sea horses. In the wintertime this site is the habitat of lots and lots of rays of varies species like the Whiptail Stingray, Yellow Stingray, Butterfly Ray, Electric Ray, Torpedo Ray and Eagle Ray. They come in all sizes from two centimeters up to two meters.
“El Violin” Santa Cruz / Organo
This dive site is an underwater cliff with its peak almost reaching the surface and its slope following the surrounding cliffs to a depth of 36m/120ft. The main attraction is a "bridge" formed by a monolith plate resting on two pillars of solid rock. Diving through here always makes for a nice underwater “Stonehenge” photo! There are also some smaller caves in which you occasionally find impressive Green Moray Eels of up to two meters long. The site is recommended for experienced divers.
“Organo” Organo
It looks here like they threw in a whole bunch of bigger and smaller rocks in the ocean to make long slope, reaching from the surface down to where the rocks meet the sand. It´s a dive site full of nooks and crannies which attract a huge amount of marine life, especially, it seems, nudibranches. You can dive here from the shallow end to the deeper end, simply following the rocks or you can go down in the deeper part and go around the corner, following the coastline and have the boat follow you.
“Morros Maguey” Maguey
This is an ideal site to explore in between and around a group of big rocks scattered on the seabed. A place full of Pufferfish, Butterflyfish, Angelfish, nudibranches, mollusks and occasionally turtles resting under the overhangs of rock or coral. In the pieces of coral you may encounter sea horses, they seem to have settled down in the area. In the sand it´s not uncommon to find Stingrays, sometimes big ones. A very popular site with beginners as well as experienced divers.
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“Medregal” Maguey
A beautiful and exciting example of the cliffs that line the coast, but in this case underwater, that go all the way to the sandy bottom, at 36m/120ft, like huge walls shaped by the action of the sea and wind. To the delight of us divers, Manta Rays are frequently sighted here. Harmless and curious animals that you can encounter here in gigantic sizes of up to 5m/15ft. Another interesting sight are big schools of Yellowtail Snappers and schools of Parrotfish and Amber Jacks.
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