So the sand falls was on the North Wall. We saw tons of large Tangs, puffers and a huge school of Barracuda. We also saw a seahorse here. My first in the wild.
Our second dive was on the south side of Pelican Rock. We briefly saw a white tipped reef shark there, but the vis was terrible. Both of these dives are right in the main bay where all the traffic is. I probably wouldn't dive either of these sites again. The sand falls were kinda cool, but other than that, nothing spectacular.
Our next day out we went to Chileno Bay. It's a bit of a ride out, but pretty good topography. Lots of lobster here, green morays. Tons of little nooks and cranny's to look into if you're into that kind of diving (which I am).
2nd dive was to Santa Marie. It's a small bay on the way back from Chileno Bay. Really cool landscape. Big fingers of rock jutting out from the land into white sand bottom. Lots of rays in the sand, lots of fish. If the swells are rolling in (which they were with us) be careful if you're not comfortable with your buoyancy. Sometimes there's a bit of a current pulling you into the narrow crevices between fingers then flushing you out as the waves about reverse. It was pretty cool, but possibly unnerving for the unexperienced.
I can put up pics if you're interested...
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