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 RODALES ARTICLES
ARTICLES FROM RODALE´S SCUBA MAGAZINE
Date: 2005-06-01 |
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dentaldiver
Date: 2005-06-01
Location: Costa Rica
A CROC ENTERS THE SIERPE RIVER
Day 2 and 3 diving Cano Island were more favorable weatherwise with beautiful blue skies and very warm temperatures. The lack of cloud cover and rainfall practically doubled the visibility on the subsequent dives. In addition to the normal flora and fauna of the reefs, we saw a pilot whale surface within 50 ft. of the boat only to disappear forever from our sight, leaving us only a brief memory. A few schools of dolphins greeted us on our approach to the island on the second day of diving and a few juvenile males impressed us with their aerial acrobatics as we slowed to try to get in the water with them. Although they did not stick around to “play” we could
hear their playful calls and clicking for several minutes after we lost sight. The most impressive sighting of the three days was a large school of mobula (devil rays) which gracefully passed our position in a seemingly endless progression. Their presence, just at the edge of visibility, provided a very eerie ending to the first dive of the last day but only one good image, a digital still taken by my wife. Although, on average smaller than the manta, seeing the smaller devil rays in such a large group was breathtakingly beautiful.
We visited the beach at the Cano Island National Park headquarters for lunch on the last two days of diving. Probably few places on earth exist with the quiet and serene beauty of this beach. The rocky outcroppings surrounding the beach just seem to beckon snorkelers and divers to explore the depths surrounding the island. The $12 USD per day park fee was well worth the expense to dive the practically untouched waters of Cano Island. Although all park fees end up in a collective “pot”, I am sure the monies are well spent in preserving this ecologically conscious land for generations to enjoy in the future.
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