El Niño and Eastern Pacific Diving

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Cocos Island in the Eastern Pacific is a dive destination my wife and I have been wanting to do sooner than later. While diving in the Galapagos several years ago I remember the crew telling us how devastating the last El Niño was to the marine life because of the abnormaly warm water.

Does anyone have any thoughts or experience diving the Eastern Pacific ( Cocos Island, Galapagos or Revillagigedo / Socorro Islands) during an El Niño?

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