Photo Album - Dive off Puerto Vallarta

These pictures are from a two-tank boat dive at the Marietas islands at Banderas Bay on 27/12/2005. Dive operator Pacific Scuba.

Dive 1

Start time: 11:35
Max Depth: 71 ft.
Avg. Depth: 45 ft.
Duration: 43min.
Temp of Water: 65F.
Visibility (poor) ~5m.

Dive 2

Start time: 13:20
Max Depth: 66 ft.
Avg. Depth: 39 ft.
Duration: 51 min.
Temp of Water: 70F.
Visibility ~10m.

Photos

Flatfish pic1
Ray like fish pic1 pic2
Rock fish pic1 pic2 pic3 (same as pic2 different colors) pic4 pic5
Puffer fish (Freckled porcupinefish) pic1 pic2
Something Spiny pic1
Scene with corals pic1 pic2
Nudibranch pic1 pic2 (raw version of pic1) pic3
Two nudibranches together pic1

The pictures are taken with a Canon Powershot A85 digital camera in an underwater case. Color adjustment has been done in Photoshop for some of the pictures.

Suggestions

If you plan to dive on December at PV get a 5mm or 7mm wetsuit with hood. Also keep in mind that the visibility is not very good, lots of floating particles to mess up pictures.
The boat I dived with did not had a rinse bucket, keep that in mind for camera equipment.

Back to the photo albums
Back to my CIM HOME PAGE