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.
Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico
13/10-19/10 2024
Transfer to Magdalena bay followed by a boat trip to the Island. Check into accommodation
07:00: After an early breakfast we head out to look for the Bait-balls. We may travel over 100km per day in search for the best encounters.
We may run a snorkelling / Freediving session next to one of the many reefs. This depends on the desire of the group.
Lunch will be served on the boat.
Boat returns to the shore when we are ready to go home…
Dinner in the hotel
After breakfast we will say our goodbyes and will head over to the airport in time for the last flight out from La Paz or Cabo.
