costa rica & columbia - cocos & malpelo

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journey begins

journey begins on the sea hunter as we embark on a 50 hour crossing. upon arrival we are greeted by pilot whales and dolphin pods

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malpelo arrival

brief introduction to the harsh beauty of malpelo, a solitary rock hundreds of miles from the coast

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malpelo to cocos crossing

pilot whales pay a return visit as the sea hunter departs malpelo and arrives to witness the awesome spectacle of cocos island's dense foliage and flowing waterfalls

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fridge - hammers and fish

divers drift through dense schools of grunts, are greeted by morays in every crevice, while bold hammerheads cruise in and out of cleaning stations of the fridge

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sahara - silky sharks

dense school of silky numbering near 100 cruise under the surface while down below a carpet of hammerheads drift over the sandy bottom of the sahara

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coco & malpelo intro

introduction to the impressive and abundant sea life featured in 'realm of the sharks'

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marble rays

marble rays drift up sea mount walls while larger groups gather to surf the currents flowing through channels cut in the volcanic rock

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dirty rock - white tips, hammers

white tips everywhere, dense schools of creole wrasse, grunts and jacks fill the water, eagle rays glide below while hammerheads cautiously investigate divers

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alcyone - schooling hammers

perhaps one of the most awesome spectacles to behold in diving, hundreds of hammerheads fill the "sky" overhead of the famous site called alcyone

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manuelita night

spotted puffers, parrot fish, lobster, white tips and curious green sea turtles cross paths with divers during manuelita night dives

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jack tornado

tens of thousands of big eye jack form an enormous tornado 30 meters in height and stretching out of view below the water's surface

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alcyone - hammer clean station returning to alcyone we are treated to more "intimate" encounters with hammerheads that literally brush past during their visits to the cleaning stations

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silverado - silver tips

after investigating the unusual ruby lipped bat fish and other small sand dwellers, divers crouch in the sand as stout silver tips investigate

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alcyone - schooling hammers II

returning to alcyone, divers descend to the sea mount top at 30 meters to enjoy the second act of the greatest hammerhead show on earth

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departure and costa rica

having witnessed some of the best diving on the planet, we return to the mainland, stopping along the way to enjoy some of the beautiful scenery of costa rica

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credits

the who and what that made 'realm of the shark's' possible

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manuelita - white tips

hundreds of white tips hunting in packs form a writhing carpet of sharks just below the divers during the famous manuelita night white tip dive

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realm of the sharks - cocos & malpelo

Both Cocos and Mapelo Islands in the Eastern Pacific Ocean are home to an abundance of marine animals, including numerous species of sharks, rays, dolphins and whales. Cocos Island is some 300 miles southwest of Costa Rica, and has been designated a Marine Park and World Heritage Site by Costa Rica. Malpelo Island is a little over 300 miles off the coast of Colombia and is designated as a Colombian Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, and marine protected area. The waters off both islands are considered by divers to be among the most exciting areas in the world for big animal sightings. The immense schools of Hammerhead Sharks that gather in these waters leave divers awestruck. The biodiversity is rich and vulnerable.

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