Off the coast of the Southern Baja Peninsula in Mexico, a rare event takes place. Thousands of Striped Marlins aggregate in search of their next meal. This is a rich pelagic area, where you can find different species throughout the year. Rarely visited by divers until a few years ago, this is a good place to see bait balls, bill fish and other species. Anything can happen in this pelagic playground.
We will start our trip in La Paz and take our private shuttle for a 3-4 hr ride north to a fishing community that since a few years ago started to focus on ecotourism. This is a remote area still not very popular to divers with fantastic opportunities for pelagic encounters.
Striped Marlin (Kajikia audax) unlike other marlin species will school to hunt, just like sailfish do. We will spend 5 days looking for marlins as well as other pelagic species in the open ocean.
To maximize your chance of interaction we take small groups. This animals move very fast and we will be getting in and out of the water throughout the day.
We booked with Erez after talking to my freediving instructor. A trip with sperm whales had been on my bucket list for several years. I thought – If we’re going to do this once, we should do it well. And Erez’s expeditions definitely made it so we fulfilled all our hopes in one trip of a life time! Erez is kind, approachable and foremost respectful of the animals, and the hand-picked boat crew and the small group size meant we had so much time in the water, that we just couldn’t have wished for a better trip. The hotel was surprisingly luxurious. And most importantly, I think this trip won my partner over to the dark side – being a whale fangirl. Success!
In order to join our trips you will be required to pay a deposits. Our payment schedule is as follows:
25% deposit to be made at the time of booking. Deposits are only refundable with the conditions listed in our Terms and conditions page.
25% of total amount deposited 4 months prior to the estimated start of the trip – non-refundable + transferable for the 2024 season with conditions listed in the Terms and Conditions page.
50% to be paid 60 days before trip commencement.
*some trips may have different payment schedules – please check individual trips.
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