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UnderworldScuba

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2 years ago

Free diver hunts for octopus

While snorkeling, a free diver fisherman was hunting for octopus. Though we don't like to see his methods, we appreciate his skill to earn a living...

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This video was taken on one of our snorkeling trips off La Boquita in Santiago Bay in Manzanillo. The octopus hunter happend to be where we were feeding the King Angels, and I couldn't resist taking a video of hiim free diving. He could stay down about 2 minutes. He sells the octopus to the marke...

2 years ago

Diving through a crevice

One of the most favored places to dive, Los Carizales, has acres of coral reefs, swim-through canyons and crevices, and many fish of all sizes. Car...

2 years ago

Butterflyfish at Club de Yates

Huge schools of 3-banded Butterflyfish travel looking for food in a tranquil cove called Club de Yates, a great site for easy beach diving. Learn m...

2 years ago

Swimming down the canyon at El Salto Waterfalls, Minattitlan, Colima

A secluded adventure, one of the best-kept secrets of the state of Colima. Enjoy floating down the rock-walled canyon at El Salto waterfall, into a...

2 years ago

El Salto Waterfalls, Minatitlan, Colima

Just a 50 minute ride will get you to the largest waterfall in the state, El Salto. Many pools to play, swim and snorkel in. Fun for the whole fami...

2 years ago

Octopus hunting

Normally night hunters, this fellow in his excellent camo gear, is out during the day. Or is he looking for a sexy little lady octopus that's all a...

2 years ago

Porcupine Puffer gets curious about the camera

Porcupine puffers or Balloonfish--They are everywhere and make great subjects for the camera. Learn more about about diving and snorkeling in Manza...

2 years ago

"San Luciano" shipwreck sits in only 25 ft. of water

Sunk in the hurricane of 1959, the "San Luciano" was a 44-year-old cargo steamship when it sunk in the only categfory 5 hurricane Manzanillo has ev...

2 years ago

Elephant Rock

Taking a good look at Elephant Rock, you can see the head of the elephant and its ear on the left side. (Use your imagination!) A wonderfoul place ...

2 years ago

Snorkeling around the lava rock at Elephant Rock

Small gorgonian soft coral and hard encrusting coral dot the lava rock in the cove at Elephant Rock. The giant damselfish love these this type of r...

2 years ago

Giant Damselfish practice syncronized swimming in the surge at Elephant Rock

These beautiful fish stay with their mates and relax around their crevice at Elephant Rock in Manzaanillo,Mexico. Learn more about about diving and...

2 years ago

The Bufadora, or blow hole at Elephant Rock, Manzanillo, Mexico

One of Mother Nature's wonders, the blowhole is visited by tourist from all over the world. Learn more about about diving and snorkeling in Manzani...

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Snorkelers enjoy the view

Going up the Colima coast, the snorkel boat gives everyone on the tour a chance to see the beauty of Manzanillo. Learn more about about diving and ...

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Snorkelers going to the next location

A fast boat ride along the Pacific Coast to go to the next beautiful snorkel place. Learn more about about diving and snorkeling in Manzanillo with...

2 years ago

"The Elevator"

A fishing boat goes by "The Elevator" while our group of snorkelers looks on. Learn more about about diving and snorkeling in Manzanillo with Scuba...

2 years ago

"The Elevator"

Amazing surging of water at a popular dive site where spotted eagle ray are seen in almost every dive. Learn more about about diving and snorkeling...

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Snorkelers have fun feeding and photographing the king angels

A rare occasion to see King Angels up-close-and-personal at Point B with Scuba Shack. Learn more about about diving and snorkeling in Manzanillo wi...

2 years ago

Snorkelers feeding king angels

Who would have ever thought when we started this 5 years ago with a dozen king angels, we'd have almost a hundred today! The snorkers love getting ...

2 years ago

"The Aquarium"

Broccoli hard coral conceals and protects many colorful reef fish. The crackling noise is all the coral animals chewing and eating! Learn more abou...

2 years ago

Zebra Moray

One of the many species of eels found at the various snorkel and dive sites in Manzanillo, Mexico. Learn more about about diving and snorkeling in ...

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Balloonfish having lunch

One of themost favorite treats is the scallop from the pen shell. A porcupine puffer is enjoying his. Learn more about about diving and snorkeling ...

2 years ago

Spotted Sting Ray in Manzanillo, Mexico

For divers and snorkelers, sting rays aren't a worry because we swim above them. If you're playing in the surf, make sure you shuffle your feet in ...

2 years ago

Swimming with Yellowtail Surgeonfish

These disc-shaped fish the size of a large dinner plate are quite used to divers and snorkelers, and you can get right among them and pretend you'r...

2 years ago

"The Elevator"

A huge rock subject to 40 ft. surges of water, this is part of the "Sea & See Safari" snorkeling tour we offer. Divers will also get excited becaus...

2 years ago

Snorkel Tour: On the way to Elephant Rock

Part of our snorkeling tour is a boat ride to some of Manzanillo's major attractions. Note that Sandy, the snorkeling poodle, is on board today. Le...

2 years ago

Stone Scorpionfish in Manzanillo, Mexico

An incredible fish with a bad reputation, but as you can see from this video, he wants nothing to do with humans. Sometimes called a Rockfish for S...

2 years ago

Jewel Moray fights off wrasses for seafood snack

Jewel Morays are one of many species of eels found in the coves around Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. Normally very docile creatures, snorkelers and d...

2 years ago

Spotted Snake Eel Hunting

This amazing creature can swim through the sand looking for mollusks and crustaceans. When threatened, he backs tail-first into the sand.

2 years ago

Diving in "Puffer Fish City" Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico

When diving at Club de Yates Cove, you can visit "Puffer Fish City," a haven for hundreds of porcupine puffers or balloonfish. Grunts like the area...

2 years ago

White Spotted Puffer sleeping at Club de Yates Cove

Rare and beautiful White Spotted Pufferfish can get up to 2 ft. in length. Spotted in a small cove off of Playa de La Audiencia in Manzanillo Mexic...

2 years ago

Big-eyed Squirrelfish

Be sure to look in rock crevices at Playa Audiencia, Manzanillo, Mexico for these colorful fish!

2 years ago

Giant Damselfish, Sargeant Majors & a Moorish Idol

Elephant Rock is a beautful snorkeling and diving location, a small, quiet cove teeming with life.

2 years ago

Mexican Dancer Nudibranch

Normally very rare in Manzanillo, the year 2009 brought many of these amazing creatures, averaging 5 in. long. We also got a chance to see their ba...

2 years ago

Free diver hunts for octopus

While snorkeling, a free diver fisherman was hunting for octopus. Though we don't like to see his methods, we appreciate his skill to earn a living...

2 years ago

King Angels coming to dinner

What do King Angels eat? Our boat captains, who are also fishermen, brought us over to the King Angel habitat about 5 years ago. At that time there...

2 years ago

Snorkelers diving with King Angels

A very special time when the boat captain calls the King Angels for chow time.

2 years ago

Cortez Angelfish

The Cortez Angelfish are beautiful and graceful, and are often seen in pairs, though this one seems to enjoy going it alone. The amazing part of Ma...

2 years ago

Golden Cownose Rays

These amazing crreatures came to Playa La Audiencia this year to mate and bear their young. The Cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) is a species of ea...

2 years ago

Peacock Flounder

It's amazing to "see" one of these amazing fish! They blend in perfectly with the sand, and if they didn't move, you'd miss them. Shouldn't the Arm...

2 years ago

"Puffer Fish City"

This is the area known as "Puffer Fish City." Hundreds of porcupine puffers or balloonfish live there and love to hover. One area is at Club de Yat...

2 years ago

Brittle Star

Brittle stars are echinoderms, (which means spiny skin) and are usually found in the coral reefs and shallow waters almost everywhere on earth. Bri...

2 years ago

Zebra Moray

The Zebra Moray is a very docile eel, mostly hiding in crevices with only his head protruding out. They are in all diving and snorkeling locations ...

2 years ago

Yellowtail Surgeonfish

Huge schools of these disc-shaped fish hover around Manzanillo's various points, eating algae and other organisms off the rocky outcroppings. Used ...

2 years ago

Mexican Dancer

This beautiful and colorful nudibranch is found in the Pacific waters, seen with abundance in the calm bays of Manzanillo. Can grow up to 6 in. in ...

2 years ago

Spotted Snake Eel foraging for food

these docile creatures are everywhere you look, not matter what the dive site. They have an amazing abiliity to dig themselves into the sand with t...

2 years ago

Gulf turtle at Club de Yates beach in Manzanillo, Mexico

A turtle visits divers in a seculded cove called Club de Yates, in Manzanillo, Mexico. Of the 8 endangered species of turtles found along the Pacif...

2 years ago

Seahorse at the "San Luciano" shipwreck

An orange seahorse, approximately 6 in. long found on the windward side of the 100-year-old "San Luciano" shipwreck. The 300-foot-long cargo steams...

2 years ago

A coral reef in Las Carrizales

Las Carrizales is a deep-set cove just north of Santiago Bay in Manzanillo, Mexico. You can only get there by boat, so it is pristine, clear water ...

2 years ago

Gulf star

A gulf star is turned over by current at the tail of Elephant Rock, Manzanillo, Mexico

2 years ago

Gulf turtle swimming off beach in Manzanillo, Mexico

Though this is the most common turtle found in the Pacific, they are considered an endangered species and are protected.

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