This is the reason why we made contact with José María Giuria, a well-known scuba diving instructor from Mar del Plata Diver's, so that he would tell us about the attractions of subaquatic activities in those latitudes.

"Discover them yourselves." -challenged Giuria- "We'll provide all the equipment, logistic support and dive with you, but the best way to feel scuba diving in Mar del Plata is experiencing it yourselves". The gorgeous weather, a quiet sea and the tempting invitation did not let us hesitate - we woud dive in the waters of the Argentine Sea.

Once we reviewed the communication signals we would perform under water, we slowly started to submerge into the sea. The water temperature, about 17º, was predicting a pleasant diving.

The fishermen bank has a sand bed, in an 8 to 16 meter depth, and an average visibility of 6 meters. But as the sea had been receiving currents from south to north for several days, the water was so clean that it exploded into spectacular 9-meter visibility.

As we descended, we started to understand the words that José María had pronounced some minutes before. "Diving is dominating water space, dominating the third dimension. Every diver searchs for neutral floatability and, as soon as he manages this, the sensation of lightness is very attractive. You seem to be flying".

O n the water bed we were welcomed by abundant fauna called "stony", as it is not characterized by its colors -mostly grey and silver- but for its size. Salmon, pompano, chuchos , whitemouth croaker, small hake and conger were making a parade around us.