Dear F&F, April 27-29, 2009 April 27 We got up at 5:00 a.m. pumped our tanks, assembled all our dive gear & are now just waiting for our divemaster Wilson Cadavid & panga. He radioed us at 6:30 a.m. that he wouldn\’t pick us up until 8:00 a.m. He said he would take us first […]
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Dear F&F, April 26, 2009 Coco Island We did two real dives today, versus yesterday which was just a gear check out dive. It is so great to go right off the big boat into clear blue water. It is a bonus not having to schlep everything into the dinghy. There are A LOT of
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Dear F&F, April 25, 2009 Coco Island (The island the book and movie \”Jurassic Park\” is based on)….. We are off to an excellent start here at Coco Island. I got up at 5:15 a.m. to catch a glimpse of dawn & have plenty of time getting ready for the morning excursion. We took the
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Dear F&F, April 22-24 We bid farewell to mainland Costa Rica at 6:30 a.m. & have been motoring all day. It is hot & sticky. The main event of the day time was dodging unattended fishing gear. It is heart stopping to suddenly come upon a black flag with a string of white buoys &
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/04/23 20:20 LATITUDE: 06-35.69N LONGITUDE: 086-26.47W COURSE: 210T SPEED: 7.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: SSW WAVE_HT: 0.6M WAVE_PER: 5 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1009.4 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C SEA_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – 3/4ths the way to Isla Coco, Costa Rica, Lots
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/04/24 07:49 LATITUDE: 05-33.18N LONGITUDE: 087-02.45W MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 4 WIND_DIR: SSW SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.2M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1008.9 AIR_TEMP: 26.1C SEA_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Isla Coco, Costa Rica in front of Ranger Station
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/04/23 20:20 LATITUDE: 06-35.69N LONGITUDE: 086-26.47W COURSE: 210T SPEED: 7.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: SSW WAVE_HT: 0.6M WAVE_PER: 5 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1009.4 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C SEA_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – 3/4ths the way to Isla Coco, Costa Rica, Lots
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/04/23 10:05 LATITUDE: 07-35.00N LONGITUDE: 085-50.70W COURSE: 210T SPEED: 6.6 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: SSW CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1009.4 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – 1/2 way to Isla Coco, Costa Rica