While in Salinas, Deb joins a group of women three times a week to go swimming and snorkeling in a mangrove bay. This area, a short dinghy ride away, has clear water and a small coral reef, with schools of colorful reef fish and other marine life. Here are two squid just above the ocean floor.

It looks like we will be moving over to the hurricane hole about 5 miles away, in Bahia de Jobos, as the first tropical depression is heading our way. So far, every three or four days, a tropical wave goes over our location. This only amounts to a few showers, maybe a bit more wind, or even just more humid air. This depression will be growing into a tropical storm and probably a hurricane in the next few days. We hope it won't go over us directly, but we have a very protected bay to anchor in.