{"id":6840,"date":"2020-02-07T18:45:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fernwehmotive.de\/?p=6840"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T08:40:15","slug":"tauchen-seelowen-la-paz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fernwehmotive.de\/en\/tauchen-seelowen-la-paz\/","title":{"rendered":"Diving with the Sea Lions from La Paz - A Belly Rub for a Sea Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexico.<\/strong> Do you feel like a good dive? For a close encounter with playful young sea lions? Then La Paz, Mexico is the place for you. Because only about 35 kilometres from the coast lies the small archipelago Los Islotes. Its bare rocks are home to up to 500 Californian sea lions. It is the largest sea lion colony in the whole Baja California. And a visit to this colony is one of the biggest highlights of La Paz. Because here you can dive or snorkel with the sea lions! The curious young animals come very close and even start to play with you. And this is an animal pleasure in the truest sense of the word. In my following article you will learn what to expect when diving with the sea lions of La Paz. I also give you some helpful tips for your tour to the sea lion colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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What you will find in my Article:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Los Islotes Dive Spot at the Isla Esp\u00edritu Santo <\/a>
Curious and playful - the young Sea Lions <\/a>
Rules for Diving and Snorkeling with the Sea Lions of La Paz<\/a>
Helpful Tips for your Encounter with the Sea Lions<\/a>
Facts about Californian Sea Lions<\/a>
The neighbouring Island Isla Esp\u00edritu Santo - most beautiful Island of the Sea of Cortez<\/a>
Fancy more Animal Encounters in Mexico? Recommendations for further Reading:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Los Islotes Dive Spot at the Isla Esp\u00edritu Santo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To observe wild animals in their natural environment is one of the most beautiful experiences when travelling. When I learned that you can go diving with sea lions in La Paz, I was very excited. I had already been snorkeling with seals in Scotland and Sea Lions in California<\/strong><\/a> . But I never developed any interaction with the animals. But with the sea lions of Los Islotes it should be different. It is said that the curious young animals even play with the divers and snorkelers or their equipment! I could hardly wait to get into the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isla Espiritu Santo photographed from the airplane. On the far left side of the picture you can see the archipelago Los Islotes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While we prepared our equipment for diving, we could see and hear the sea lions from the boat. They lay on the rocks and sunbathed themselves or watched us from the water. There were already several other diving and snorkeling boats, but under water we didn't notice anything of the other groups. First the dive started relatively unspectacular. We dived in 8 to 10 meters depth along the rocks. From time to time a sea lion shot past us, otherwise there was not much to see.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the Los Islotes dive spot everything revolves around the sea lions. There are also some colorful fish and starfish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Curious and playful - the young Sea Lions <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The sea lions still kept their distance from us. But that changed after 10 minutes. At first I observed how a sea lion suddenly hung on the diving bottle of a fellow diver. Then other animals swam between the divers, one came directly towards me. What happened in the following minutes, I still can't really believe until today. This young sea lion clung to my legs or arms with his two fins. Meanwhile he snapped at my equipment. I just hoped he wouldn't bite too hard and damage something. Sometimes I pushed him away, but this only made him more curious. I was not wearing gloves and could feel his fur. It reminded me of a wet dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soon the first sea lions came along and eyed us divers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The curious sea lion has carefully inspected every part of my diving equipment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sometimes the young sea lion got quite pushy and I tried to push him away. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rules for Diving and Snorkeling with the Sea Lions of La Paz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n