Because of the conditions, we stayed very close to Wafer Bay. We did one dive at Isla Pajaro and another dive at the little island just outside Wafer Bay. Both dives, the water was clear, fairly warm, and there were scads of sharks and lots of other marine life.
We went to a place that is supposed to be a 'cleaning station' for hammerheads, but there were no hammerheads there. Just lots and lots of White Tipped Sharks.
Dave got some good pictures of some of the other marine life we saw there. None of the marine life seemed afraid of us at all.
Today we are supposed to dive at Manuelita, the place where we saw a hammerhead when we were snorkeling.
Between the two dives yesterday, we got a pretty heavy downpour. We saw the brown water from the river come surging out toward the clear water, slowly spreading brown across the surface. But the fresh water seems to float on the surface of the salt water, and it didn't hurt the visibility on our second dive too much.
We took 2 dinghies to each of the dives, ours and one of the park's... Jody would get in the water and dive with us, and Eduardo would maneuver around in circles with the 2 dinghies until we surfaced. The land drops off straight from 500' above us to 100' deep not far from shore, so there is no practical place to keep a dinghy anchored.
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