Isla Fuerte – El Planchon
Time in: 15:09
Time out: 15:57
Max Depth: 36 feet
Average Depth: 23 feet
We spent the night at Moñitos, on the coast of Colombia, before taking a ferry from Paso Nuevo with Just Elena, Juanca and Ana. The morning water was too choppy for diving so we waited until the afternoon. We made sure everyone was ready and equipment was setup properly since everyone except me hadn’t dived since Florida, which was about 6 months prior.
The dive boat we dived from was small and only held about 10 tanks. We entered the water with mask, snorkel and fins and were handed our scuba tanks. We then descended along the anchor line to the wreck which was a former lumber transport that sank off the coast of Isla Fuerte. It was 150 meters long, 10 meters wide and the deck was 8 meters high.
We saw squirrelfish, French angelfish, rainbow parrotfish, a lionfish and two creole wrasse trying to mate.
Even though I had 9 lbs of weight, I, as well as everyone else, was under weight.
Isla Fuerte Dive One
Ana
First dive we encountered a sunken ship, used to carry cargo.
Juanca and Elena
On top of the cargo ship
Lion fish are relatively new to this area of the Caribbean and started showing up after a hurricane swept through.
The top of the ship has rotted away
A latter to go down into the ship
Squirrel fish swimming on top of some brain coral
Top corner of the ship
Juanca
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- First Dive in Key Largo, Florida
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