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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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"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...
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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 ...
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"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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Big-eyed Squirrelfish
Be sure to look in rock crevices at Playa Audiencia, Manzanillo, Mexico for these colorful fish!
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Giant Damselfish, Sargeant Majors & a Moorish Idol
Elephant Rock is a beautful snorkeling and diving location, a small, quiet cove teeming with life.
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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...
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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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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...
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Snorkelers diving with King Angels
A very special time when the boat captain calls the King Angels for chow time.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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Gulf star
A gulf star is turned over by current at the tail of Elephant Rock, Manzanillo, Mexico
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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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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...