Bigeye Jack

Photo: Cecilia Chapa-Balcorta · CC BY-NC

Schools of hundreds of bigeye jacks orbit La India's pinnacle in tight, synchronized balls that compress and expand in response to predators below. These apex-adjacent predators feed on smaller schooling fish at dawn and dusk, making early-morning dives the most dramatic. Their affinity for structure makes La India one of the most reliably productive schooling-fish dives on Oaxaca's coast.