Cozumel Diving 2011 - Day 2

Day 2 -- Thursday 7-14-2011 This was a great day of diving. The weather and water were perfect and we saw so much of God's creation/creatures, from some of the smallest to some of the largest. We saw tiny nudi-branch, sea worm, crab, lobster, reef fish, shark, two HUGE grouper and then as the grand fanalie...........a pod of pilot whales! These are very rare around Cozumel. One lady we were diving with has been diving here for over twenty years and never seen one. Today, as we came up from our second dive the boat captain was very excited because he had spotted the pod off in the distance. As he approached the pod, what he thought was three or four was actually several dozen. Pilot whales are similar in appearance to dolphin but their nose and dorsal fin are different. They are much darker in color than dolphin and much larger. These ranged from around eight feet up to about twelve feet in length as best we could tell. While we were't allowed to actually swim with them, it was a sight to see. The last photo in this group is of a couple of these whales just as they breeched. Reva did a great job catching the action. We'll be headed out for a night dive shortly, so what for more tomorrow.

Reva says, "Hello" to everyone.

Pilot Whale Video (19 seconds)