The colony of California sea lions at Los Islotes are quite famous and will entertain you for hours with their playful underwater antics. Moray eels are so numerous at certain sites that we joke about them living in “moray condos”. There are lots of turtles in these waters and you will likely spot large schools of jacks, tunas, lots of small rays, garden eels and species of fish too numerous to count. Giant manta rays are present but sightings have been sparse in the last couple of years. Hammerhead sharks can sometimes be observed at the famous El Bajo seamount. Invertebrate life includes stony corals, seafans, gorgonians and yellow colonial tubastrea corals. Unforgettable topside experiences include the spectacular starlit Mexican sky at night, deserted white sand beaches to explore further inland into the desert, a unique opportunity to dive in a mangrove swamp (which is way cooler than the name may imply) and perhaps even visiting a small island and fishing community.