Yellowfin Tuna

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Schools of yellowfin tuna occasionally sweep through the blue water off Cobrador during the northeast monsoon months, following the baitfish that concentrate around the island's tip. These encounters are brief and exhilarating, requiring divers to hover at the wall edge and wait in the current. The convergence of cold upwelling water from the Sibuyan Sea drives these pelagic aggregations.