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| LOGBOOK EXCERPTS |
We are logging every dive we are doing in order to get some useful data along the time. The logbook excerpts are true excerpts of
our logbook available for your reference at our shop at Sta. Catalina. We are trying to keep this page of our web site up to date to
give you a better overview of changing diving conditions around the year.
Latest update: June 2005
our logbook available for your reference at our shop at Sta. Catalina. We are trying to keep this page of our web site up to date to
give you a better overview of changing diving conditions around the year.
Latest update: June 2005
dive site: Punta Pargo (Sta. Catalina) date: 8-feb-2004
time in: 14:30 time out: 15:17 depth max: 24m/80ft
current: 0 tide: up
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 26C/79F
visib.surface: 20m+/70ft+ visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
whale shark (6m/20ft) for almost 15 minutes, 2 eagle rays, jew fish, tons of snappers, school of big eye
trevallies, different moray eels, lobsters, lots of butterfly- and angel fish, puffers
dive site: Pelonas III (Sta. Catalina) date:17-feb-2004
time in: 12:30 time out: 13:17 depth max: 23m/75ft
current: mild tide: down
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 23C/73F
visib.surface: 15m/50ft visib.bottom: 5m/15ft
remarks:
lots of green morays (many of them free swimming), different snappers, amberjacks, pompanos, banner fish,
yellow tail surgeons, chubs, big groupers, schooling spade fish
dive site: Bajo Cagao (Sta. Catalina, Cebaco) date: 03-mar-2004
time in: 10:30 time out: 11:15 depth max: 18m/60ft
current: mild tide: up
temp.surface: 26C/79F temp.bottom: 25C/77F
visib.surface: 10m/30ft visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
6 mantas (devil rays), jew fish, schooling barracudas, morays, chubs, surgeon fish, schooling jacks
dive site: Frijoles (Coiba) date: 25-mar-2004
time in: 11:00 time out: 11:45 depth max: 26m/85ft
current: mild tide: up
temp.surface: 29C/84F temp.bottom: 27C/81F
visib.surface: 20m+/70ft+ visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
200-300 mantas, appr. 10 white tips, amber jacks, schooling spade fish and barracudas, differentkinds of
morays, yellowtail- and whitetip surgeons, moorish idols, butterfy-, angel-, puffer- and trunk fish
dive site:Mali Mali(Coiba) date: 26-mar-2004
time in: 08:00 time out: 09:00 depth max: 25m/80ft
current: moderate tide: down
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 26C/79F
visib.surface: 25m+/80ft+ visib.bottom: 15m/50ft
remarks:
white tips, wahoos, different schools of jacks, snappers, grunts, surgeons, morays, sandeels, 3 octopusses
dive site: Wahoo Rock/Canales (Coiba) date: 26-mar-2004
time in: 13:30 time out: 14:15 depth max: 21m/70ft
current: mild tide: up
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 26C/79F
visib.surface: 20m/70ft visib.bottom: 25m/80ft
remarks:
turtle, spadefish, barracudas, cownose ray, eagle ray, morays, grunts, snappers, amberjacks
dive site: Wahoo Rock/Canales (Coiba) date: 26-mar-2004
time in: 13:30 time out: 14:15 depth max: 21m/70ft
current: mild tide: up
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 26C/79F
visib.surface: 20m/70ft visib.bottom: 25m/80ft
remarks:
turtle, spadefish, barracudas, cownose ray, eagle ray, morays, grunts, snappers, amber jacks
dive site:Mali Mali (Coiba) date:11-apr-2004
time in: 09:00 time out: 09:52 depth max: 27m/90ft
current:0 tide: slack
temp.surface: 29C/84F temp.bottom: 25C/77F
visib.surface: 20m/70ft visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
appr. 20 mantas, 2 guitar sharks, 2 white tips, giant nurse shark, turtle and loads of other fish
dive site: Bajo Frijoles(Coiba) date:25-apr-2004
time in: 11:06 time out: 12:07 depth max: 23m/75ft
current:0 tide: down
temp.surface: 29C/84F temp.bottom: 24C/75F
visib.surface: 20m/70ft visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
guitar shark, whitetips, devilrays, seahorse, jacks, grunts, snappers
dive site: Mali Mali(Coiba) date:25-apr-2004
time in: 15:09 time out: 16:10 depth max: 23m/75ft
current: strong tide:
temp.surface: 29C/84F temp.bottom: 24C/75F
visib.surface: 20m+/70ft+ visib.bottom: 5-10m/15-30ft
remarks:
3 orcas (surface), turtle, wahoos, big eye jacks, snappers, grunts, lobsters
dive site: Punta Pargo (Sta.Catalina) date: 15-may-2004
time in: 11:25 time out: 12:05 depth max: 26m/85ft
current: 0 tide: down
temp.surface: 27C/81F temp.bottom: 24C/75F
visib.surface: 5m/15ft visib.bottom: 15m/50ft
remarks:
jew fish, loads of snappers, school of big eye trevallies, different eels, lobsters, angel- and butterfly fish
dive site: Palo Grande (Sta.Catalina) date: 15-may-2004
time in: 13:30 time out: 14:15 depth max:20m/65ft
current: 0 tide: down
temp.surface: 25C/77F temp.bottom: 25C/77F
visib.surface: 10m/30ft visib.bottom: 8m/25ft
remarks:
devil rays, white tip reef sharks, school of jacks, morays, lobsters, nudibranches
dive site: Sta.Cruz (Coiba) date: 21-may-2004
time in: 15:00 time out: 16:00 depth max:20m/65ft
current: 0 tide: up
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 25C/77F
visib.surface: 3-10m/10-30ft visib.bottom: 20m/70ft
remarks:
beautiful hard coralgarden, giant moray eels, puffers, trunk fish, octopus, scorpion fish, white tips, jew fish,
schools of barracudas, big eye jacks, pompanas
dive site: Pelonas II date: 01-june-2004
time in: 11:54 time out: 12:27 depth max:12m/40ft
current: moderate tide: up
temp.surface: 27C/81F temp.bottom: 27C/81F
visib.surface: 10m/30ft visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
white tip shark in small cave, the usual colorful fish (angels, butterlies, puffers, surgeons, damsells,...); ORCA
at surface!
dive site: Sombrero de pelo (isla Contreras/Coiba) date: 20-june-2004
time in: 09:43 time out: 10:15 depth max:32m/105ft
current: strong tide: down
temp.surface: 27C/81F temp.bottom: 27C/81F
visib.surface: 25m/85ft visib.bottom: 20m/70ft
remarks:
turtles, white tip reef sharks, garden eels, schools of snappers, jacks and tunas
dive site: Piedra dorada (isla Contreras/Coiba) date: 20-june-2004
time in: 12:06 time out: 12:48 depth max.: 25m/85ft
current: moderate tide: up
temp.surface: 27C/81F temp.bottom: 27C/81F
visib.surface: 25m/85ft visib.bottom: 20m/70ft
remarks:
big schools of different jacks, humphead parrot fish, sand eels, different morays, lots of fan corals AND
ORCAS on the way back
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time in: 14:30 time out: 15:17 depth max: 24m/80ft
current: 0 tide: up
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 26C/79F
visib.surface: 20m+/70ft+ visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
whale shark (6m/20ft) for almost 15 minutes, 2 eagle rays, jew fish, tons of snappers, school of big eye
trevallies, different moray eels, lobsters, lots of butterfly- and angel fish, puffers
dive site: Pelonas III (Sta. Catalina) date:17-feb-2004
time in: 12:30 time out: 13:17 depth max: 23m/75ft
current: mild tide: down
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 23C/73F
visib.surface: 15m/50ft visib.bottom: 5m/15ft
remarks:
lots of green morays (many of them free swimming), different snappers, amberjacks, pompanos, banner fish,
yellow tail surgeons, chubs, big groupers, schooling spade fish
dive site: Bajo Cagao (Sta. Catalina, Cebaco) date: 03-mar-2004
time in: 10:30 time out: 11:15 depth max: 18m/60ft
current: mild tide: up
temp.surface: 26C/79F temp.bottom: 25C/77F
visib.surface: 10m/30ft visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
6 mantas (devil rays), jew fish, schooling barracudas, morays, chubs, surgeon fish, schooling jacks
dive site: Frijoles (Coiba) date: 25-mar-2004
time in: 11:00 time out: 11:45 depth max: 26m/85ft
current: mild tide: up
temp.surface: 29C/84F temp.bottom: 27C/81F
visib.surface: 20m+/70ft+ visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
200-300 mantas, appr. 10 white tips, amber jacks, schooling spade fish and barracudas, differentkinds of
morays, yellowtail- and whitetip surgeons, moorish idols, butterfy-, angel-, puffer- and trunk fish
dive site:Mali Mali(Coiba) date: 26-mar-2004
time in: 08:00 time out: 09:00 depth max: 25m/80ft
current: moderate tide: down
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 26C/79F
visib.surface: 25m+/80ft+ visib.bottom: 15m/50ft
remarks:
white tips, wahoos, different schools of jacks, snappers, grunts, surgeons, morays, sandeels, 3 octopusses
dive site: Wahoo Rock/Canales (Coiba) date: 26-mar-2004
time in: 13:30 time out: 14:15 depth max: 21m/70ft
current: mild tide: up
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 26C/79F
visib.surface: 20m/70ft visib.bottom: 25m/80ft
remarks:
turtle, spadefish, barracudas, cownose ray, eagle ray, morays, grunts, snappers, amberjacks
dive site: Wahoo Rock/Canales (Coiba) date: 26-mar-2004
time in: 13:30 time out: 14:15 depth max: 21m/70ft
current: mild tide: up
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 26C/79F
visib.surface: 20m/70ft visib.bottom: 25m/80ft
remarks:
turtle, spadefish, barracudas, cownose ray, eagle ray, morays, grunts, snappers, amber jacks
dive site:Mali Mali (Coiba) date:11-apr-2004
time in: 09:00 time out: 09:52 depth max: 27m/90ft
current:0 tide: slack
temp.surface: 29C/84F temp.bottom: 25C/77F
visib.surface: 20m/70ft visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
appr. 20 mantas, 2 guitar sharks, 2 white tips, giant nurse shark, turtle and loads of other fish
dive site: Bajo Frijoles(Coiba) date:25-apr-2004
time in: 11:06 time out: 12:07 depth max: 23m/75ft
current:0 tide: down
temp.surface: 29C/84F temp.bottom: 24C/75F
visib.surface: 20m/70ft visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
guitar shark, whitetips, devilrays, seahorse, jacks, grunts, snappers
dive site: Mali Mali(Coiba) date:25-apr-2004
time in: 15:09 time out: 16:10 depth max: 23m/75ft
current: strong tide:
temp.surface: 29C/84F temp.bottom: 24C/75F
visib.surface: 20m+/70ft+ visib.bottom: 5-10m/15-30ft
remarks:
3 orcas (surface), turtle, wahoos, big eye jacks, snappers, grunts, lobsters
dive site: Punta Pargo (Sta.Catalina) date: 15-may-2004
time in: 11:25 time out: 12:05 depth max: 26m/85ft
current: 0 tide: down
temp.surface: 27C/81F temp.bottom: 24C/75F
visib.surface: 5m/15ft visib.bottom: 15m/50ft
remarks:
jew fish, loads of snappers, school of big eye trevallies, different eels, lobsters, angel- and butterfly fish
dive site: Palo Grande (Sta.Catalina) date: 15-may-2004
time in: 13:30 time out: 14:15 depth max:20m/65ft
current: 0 tide: down
temp.surface: 25C/77F temp.bottom: 25C/77F
visib.surface: 10m/30ft visib.bottom: 8m/25ft
remarks:
devil rays, white tip reef sharks, school of jacks, morays, lobsters, nudibranches
dive site: Sta.Cruz (Coiba) date: 21-may-2004
time in: 15:00 time out: 16:00 depth max:20m/65ft
current: 0 tide: up
temp.surface: 28C/82F temp.bottom: 25C/77F
visib.surface: 3-10m/10-30ft visib.bottom: 20m/70ft
remarks:
beautiful hard coralgarden, giant moray eels, puffers, trunk fish, octopus, scorpion fish, white tips, jew fish,
schools of barracudas, big eye jacks, pompanas
dive site: Pelonas II date: 01-june-2004
time in: 11:54 time out: 12:27 depth max:12m/40ft
current: moderate tide: up
temp.surface: 27C/81F temp.bottom: 27C/81F
visib.surface: 10m/30ft visib.bottom: 10m/30ft
remarks:
white tip shark in small cave, the usual colorful fish (angels, butterlies, puffers, surgeons, damsells,...); ORCA
at surface!
dive site: Sombrero de pelo (isla Contreras/Coiba) date: 20-june-2004
time in: 09:43 time out: 10:15 depth max:32m/105ft
current: strong tide: down
temp.surface: 27C/81F temp.bottom: 27C/81F
visib.surface: 25m/85ft visib.bottom: 20m/70ft
remarks:
turtles, white tip reef sharks, garden eels, schools of snappers, jacks and tunas
dive site: Piedra dorada (isla Contreras/Coiba) date: 20-june-2004
time in: 12:06 time out: 12:48 depth max.: 25m/85ft
current: moderate tide: up
temp.surface: 27C/81F temp.bottom: 27C/81F
visib.surface: 25m/85ft visib.bottom: 20m/70ft
remarks:
big schools of different jacks, humphead parrot fish, sand eels, different morays, lots of fan corals AND
ORCAS on the way back
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