Well, being provisioned and with all our fuel tanks full, it was time to depart the continent for the South Pacific. Just 4000 miles west, with Cocos Island and the Galapagos to break up the first 1000.
The trip to Coco was flat calm the whole way. We turned the engine off a few times to jump in for a swim in 6-8000 ft of clear warm water. This was the start of the “Boobie wars”. Not just on our boat. It was the talk of the airwaves. A flock of Boobies would take up residence on the boat. Their preferred hangout was on on the bow pulpit railing. 5 at a time would sit and poop on everything. The first on would make himself king of the bow and squawk at any others who tried to land. The spreaders were another favorite with the top of the mast the third option. After breaking my wind vane they seem to lose interest.
The Boobie whisperer!
Taking a swim break in the middle of the ocean.
A dolphin welcome to Isla CocosOne of the wettest places on earth
Just a beautiful iconic tropical paradise
Chatham Bay. It doesn’t get much more beautiful than this.
30 feet deep. 100 foot visibility First Sunset
Heading to shore
Seafarers, pirates and explorers have been stopping here for hundreds of years. Here they filled their barrels with fresh water and put their mark on one of the rocks. The oldest we found was from the 1700’s
Monkey LadderThe beginning of the trail leading to the interior of the island.The unoccupied ranger station at the top of this hill is our first stop. Anyone know what tree this seed comes from?Dr. John at anchor in that turquoise waterCocos rainforest
Frigate bird
Heading out for a dive. The hooka dive compressor has a lot going on. Compressor, float , hoses, connectors, regulators, weights and snorkle gear.
Stingray
This is why our dives were 2 hours long.
White tip reef sharks
Syd just loving life.
Playing with the rays
A few Hammerheads
Swimming through schools of Blue Stripe Snapper
Seeing a Manta Ray always makes my day.
Literally every time we dropped in the water there were Hammerheads.
HOMEPAGE Adventures with Dr. John 