Little Candlestick

On our way north to Puerto Escondido we stopped at Caleta Candeleros Chico (Little Candlestick Cove). This is a small indention in the rugged cliffs that can hold one or two boats at anchor. We were the only ones there except for the birds and fish. It was a great place to dive.

Heading into the cove; we really couldn’t see the entrance until we were right up on it.

Looking off the boat to the head of the bay.

The surrounding rocks being slowly eroded away.

Spotted Ray swimming along the sandy bottom.

Giant Damselfish guarding her(?) territory with a little Spotted Puffer fish nearby.

Pretty view of the rocky reef in the cove.

Juvenile Giant Damselfish, they are a really iridescent indigo blue, often with spots.

Soft Orange Cup coral on the rocks.

A fish-eye view of Jeorgia, from the water.

A shy Baloonfish (in Spanish, globo-botete), hiding among the rocks on the bottom. They’re usually the first fish to come check out the bottom of the boat when we anchor. You see these poor little guys dried out and puffed up for sale in the tourist shops. Bummer.

A scary Scorpionfish doing the blend-in thing, waiting for a hapless little fish to come by or a careless human-being to step on him. Yikes!

 

While in the water here I dove on the boat and replaced the sacrificial zincs on the shaft and prop. It’s not all play.

Paul