Log This Dive

Vagamares

Vagamares is where Malpelo truly flexes its muscles, and it’s why we keep coming back. We’ve drifted here more times than we can count, always hoping for that magic moment, and it rarely disappoints. The wall drops away into the blue, and the sheer volume of fish can be disorienting. Think vast schools of Pacific sardines, so thick they create a shimmering tunnel around you, punctuated by hungry Island jacks and even bigger salmon barreling through. You’ll see Cortez rainbow wrasse and Mexican hogfish darting in and out of the honeycomb coral, but the real show is often out in the open. Our favourite sight here is the sheer density of triggers – ocean triggers and finescale triggers everywhere, just doing their triggerfish thing. Keep an eye on the surface too; Bonaparte's gulls and brown pelicans often plunge into the sardine schools from above, completing the circle of life right before your mask. This site is for divers who appreciate the sheer scale of an active ecosystem, who don’t mind a bit of current, and who revel in being a small part of something immense.