{"id":820,"date":"2009-05-24T23:43:05","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T04:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/?p=820"},"modified":"2009-05-24T23:43:05","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T04:43:05","slug":"diving-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/?p=820","title":{"rendered":"diving SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/ryan-scuba-052509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-825\" title=\"ryan-scuba-052509\" src=\"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/ryan-scuba-052509-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ryan-scuba-052509\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We woke early this morning to head out for some diving and snorkeling. Krystal was my diving partner and is master diver certified. The water temperature was ideal (with a shorty) and the visibility was not too bad (about 15 feet).<\/p>\n<p>There was a rich diversity of sea life. The first interesting thing we saw was a large porcupine puffer fish. We saw one washed up on the shore yesterday, but seeing one swimming around was neat. We saw another one later in the dive as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/puffersmile2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-821\" title=\"puffersmile2\" src=\"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/puffersmile2.jpg\" alt=\"puffersmile2\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another first for me that we saw was a green moray eel. It looked a lot like an underwater snake and as we chased after it, it seemed to turn and hiss (silently) at me. It was probably the most interesting thing I saw today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/gymnothorax-funebris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-822\" title=\"gymnothorax-funebris\" src=\"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/gymnothorax-funebris.jpg\" alt=\"gymnothorax-funebris\" width=\"180\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We saw a lot of beautiful fish &#8211; like the opal eye fish, bright yellow snapper, cortez angelfish, and a few sting rays. Krystal pointed out a really cool looking <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nudibranch\">nudibranch<\/a> which are small and easy to miss.<\/p>\n<p>I came to realize what an air hog I am &#8211; I consumed 1000 psi more air than Krystal on the same dive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/krystal-and-jesus-scuba-052409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-824\" title=\"krystal-and-jesus-scuba-052409\" src=\"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/krystal-and-jesus-scuba-052409-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"krystal-and-jesus-scuba-052409\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yun and I seem to see a lot of dogs on beaches lately &#8211; here&#8217;s one we saw today:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bull-dog-san-carlos-052409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-826\" title=\"bull-dog-san-carlos-052409\" src=\"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bull-dog-san-carlos-052409-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"bull-dog-san-carlos-052409\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We woke early this morning to head out for some diving and snorkeling. Krystal was my diving partner and is master diver certified. 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