Sea of Cortez
We traveled to Baja California Sur to dive in both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez in the same trip. After diving at lands end, where the two meet, the remainder of our diving was done in the Sea of Cortez. We dove in an area called “the corridor". It consists of shallow reefs with schools of fish, moray eels, invertebrates, etc. We also visited a dive site with a phenomenon called a “sand fall". It’s like a waterfall, but underwater and it’s sand cascading down the reef. After dives in this area, we saw a humpback whale migrating north into the Sea of Cortez, toward the area we were headed to next, Cabo Pulmo. Cabo Pulmo is a strictly enforced marine park where the dive sites seem to be untouched. We saw massive schools of fish, huge groupers, loads of invertebrates, and close encounters with bull sharks. Overall, we found the diving here to be excellent. We can’t wait to return to the Sea of Cortez to dive around the areas of La Paz and Loreto.
