Razor Surgeonfish confirmed 2 months ago

El Bajo Seamount

Sea of Cortez · Mexico

3 submerged seamounts rise from 200 m to within 22 m of the surface roughly 12 km northeast of La Paz. El Bajo is ground zero for hammerhead shark aggregations in the Sea of Cortez: schools of up to 200 individuals form on the seamounts each summer, circling in the blue water column while mobula rays fly through in formation below them. The seamounts also concentrate whale sharks during August and September. Open-water current can be significant; divers must be comfortable with blue-water descents and strong lateral drift.

Conditions

Depth

22 to 60 m

Advanced depths

Current

Often strong

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

10 to 20 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

18 to 29°C

Tropical wetsuit

Month by month

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Water (°C)	19	18	18	19	21	23	25	26	27	25	22	20
Vis (m)	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	15	15	15
Current	Strong	Strong	Strong	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong	Moderate	Strong