Dive #222 - Rich Torkington's Dive Log
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Bottom Time to Date:

191h
37m


Dive Info:

Dive Start:
11:30AM

Bottom Time:
64 minutes

Maximum Depth:
55 feet

Safety Stop:
3 minutes

Beginning Air:
3000 psi

Ending Air:
1000 psi

Weather Conditions:
Overcast 85°F

Surface Conditions:
Swells

Surface Water Temperature:
82°F

Bottom Water Temperature:
80°F

Visibility:
50-60 feet
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July 27,
2005
LAS CASITAS
CABO PULMO NATIONAL MARINE PARK, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO
BOAT DIVE
VIDEO
Linda, Ash (DM)
Vista Sea Sport
Buena Vista, BCS
http://vistaseasport.com
Photo
Sorta fuzzy vidcap of "The Lindafish"
Videograph by Rich Torkington in Mexico 2005 
Dive Journal: We spend our surface interval on Iguana Beach and Linda is feeling only so-so. She perks up after a while and decides to do this second dive.

The site is located west and south of Islote near the shore, and consists of three huge rock “houses” with swimthroughs and lots of overhangs, along with quite a few other large adjacent rock formations. There are some beautiful orange encrusting sponges here, soft corals, and loads of fish.

I can hardly believe we are seeing so many green moray eels, but we come across another spot of SIX huge ones protruding out from a boulder, all in the same spot. Looks like a convention.

At another location, I find a pair of mating nudibranches, dark ones with orange speckles and bright blue features. We also check out a redlight goby.

Linda finds a very strange unknown fish with a unicorn-like top fin who buries in the sand. In fact, we are amazed that this fish can, at one moment, be hovering above the sand, and in an instant can divebomb and submerged completely into the sand bottom. Later in the boat, Ash and Daniella have no idea what kind of fish it is, so in jest we decide that probably no human being has ever seen one before us. We thus proclaim it the "Lindafish."

Note: the unknown fish fish is much later identified as a peacock or Pacific razorfish.

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Dive
Info:
Fins:
Mares Avanti Quattro
Computer:
Oceanic Véo 200
Tank:
80 ft3 Al
BCD:
SeaQuest Spectrum 4
Breathing Gas:
Air
Body of Water:
Sea of Cortez
Mask:
U S Divers
Protection:
3mm full wetsuit layered with 2mm shorty
Regulator:
SeaQuest
Spectrum XR2
plus Oceanic
Slimline octopus
Weight:
8 lb
Water Type:
Salt
Video Equipment:
Sony DCR-TRV11 digital handycam in Top Dawg housing