The night was clear and the sky was full of stars; we waited in silence for the radio inside the Lucky Two announced that the strong southern wind had calmed down. We were eager to set out to sea and enjoy a rather comfortable journey for the 60 miles that awaited us from the Port of Progress towards the Scorpion Coral Reef.
The journey would last for twenty minutes. I was told, “it would be as if you were taken to the past, it’s the ideal place for a moment's peace.” After all the commotion and nightlife of Cancún, this was just what I needed. I bought my passage without even hesitating, a roundtrip for the same day. Sunscreen and sunglasses were my only company.
To complete the third stage of the “SharkProyect”, we travelled from the 4th to the 9thof August to a small village called MoreheadCity, which is located in North Carolina, USA, wherewe could photograph the “Sand Tiger Shark”, thusachieving the goal we had established for ourselvesat the beginning of this project.
Sunlight rays illuminating the water, its deep clarity and the ecosystem formations in the cenotes, turn this kind of diving into a unique experience.
Home to a myriad of marine species, sunken ships gradually become artificial coral reefs, their rusted hulls eventually becoming sanctuaries that are of great historical and architectural interest.
The second phase of the Shark Project take place in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, mexican coast where is usual to fin Bull Sharks. The expedition was almost canceled because of the work of recuperation of the beach in Riviera Maya.
Since I was very young I've always felt a great passion for close encounters with dangerous animals. This passion has led me for more than 10 years to face with only mi body, without the use of any protection, more than 600 angry bulls.
The Sea of Cortes, without doubt, is still one of the six richer oceans in the world, where apart from the existence of submarines sand falls, exclusive of this region, it is also home for 40% of the sea mammal species that exist in the planet.
Around 6 million years ago, what we know today as the Peninsula of California started to separate, giving birth to an inner sea: The Sea of Cortes.
In this case, the neutral or not metabolized gas is the nitrogen and this is the one able to cause physio- logical or pathological alterations that if not taken seriously, will cause the decompression disease.