Sea of Cortez Marine LifeMexico's Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), tucked between the peninsula of Baja California and mainland Mexico, is often overlooked by divers and photographers seeking more presumably exotic locations.   Perhaps we should all pay more attention to our neighboring sea.  Not quite tropical, but distinctly warmer than the cool waters of the U.S. Pacific Coast, this 1000 mile long sea is home to an incredible menagerie of fishes and invertebrates.   Although lacking the coral reefs familiar to Caribbean and Indo-Pacific divers (except for some reefs in the southern portion), this dearth is more than accounted for by an amazing diversity and abundance of fishes.  Few marine habitats are any match for the numbers of fish that swim these clear and usually calm waters.

Tubeblennies

Tubeblennies & Coral SC-03

Manta

Manta with Remora SC-02

Wrasses Mating

Spawning Wrasses SC-04

Clarion Angel

Clarion Angelfish SC-01

Silky Shark

Silky shark SC-05

School of Jacks

School of Jacks SC-06

Sea Lion & Divers

Diver & Sea Lions SC-09

Triggerfish

Redtail Triggerfish SC-07

Hogfish

Mexican Hogfish SC-08

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