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Staff · Issue 138, May/Jun 2024 · pp. 5–11

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News, Travel & Events In November 2024 Photographer Gregory Sweeney will be leading this peak season trip to dive and snorkel in Baja, Mexico. Port San Carlos and Magdalena Bay host the largest striped marlin migration in the world. We will be on our own boat for full days looking for sea birds who will point us to the epic hunting action going on underwater. The marlins hunt the sardines as do the sharks and seals. Under the surface will be a frenzy of action as marlin hunt in cooperation maneuvering the bait balls until one by one they attack and take their meal. We often get a static bait ball and stay in for over half an hour. Our 2023 season surprised us with more whale encounters on Magdalena Bay and many static schools of sardines. Under the water we were surprised by brilliant shiny gold dorado / mahi-mahi fish joining the attack on the sardines. With marlin, sea lions, dorado, a…

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