Diving from a private yacht is not easy in the Pacific. There is a natural tension between dive operators who make their living on healthy dive sites and sailors who tend to anchor in them. It’s also less appealing for a dive shop to rent out a bunch of tanks for us to use when they are charging 100 USD to run people out to the same dive sites we visit on our own.  After weak and failed attempts to rent tanks all the way across the Pacific we finally won over a local shop and headed out for a couple of days of diving.

 

It was great to spend quality time with the residents below the 40 ft level, although we notice that they are much more accepting of us when we freedive without bubbles.

The California divers demonstrated their experience with a tough surf entry.

Brother Manfish.

There was a quick run back to town to unload the tubes.

And pick up some extra provisions