A pod of dolphins just swam around us. I'm talking 3 – 4 feet away and I counted 10 different animals all do the same thing. It was like a ballet dance.

By on January 16th, 2013 in Archive

  I had a great 2 days diving at Roca Partida with nice hot weather and warm water of 81 F and the visibility about 100 plus . The sighting of hammerhead ,silkys, galopogos sharks,silver tips, white tips,and manta just hang with us for the whole dive on some dives. When we are doing our safety […]

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Giant mantas galore! The devil fish came out to play and all the divers very well trained at Socorro Island

By on January 15th, 2013 in Archive

A lot of manta time today at Punta Tosca, they kept coming back and back probably checking us out as much as we were checking them out! Or maybe they like the bubbles, or the sound we make. Anyhow, it was a fantastic dive!

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We found a honey hole with 50+ lobster at Socorro Island!!

By on January 14th, 2013 in Archive

Good J Andrea, Austria Excellent. Mantas in intensive and close encounter and to top everything the first dolphins I ever saw under water, Brigitte, Germany Auch auf Deutsch kann ich nur wiederholen, was meine Vorredner berichten: Mantas intensiv, staendiger Augenkontakt, elegantes Unterwasserballett – ein unvergesslicher Tag – Socorro pur! Antonia, Germany We found a honey […]

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Dolphins at Socorro

I ended this year (2012) with a closer look at razor sharp teeth than I have ever seen in 12 years of diving experience: Socorro Island on the Nautilus Explorer

By on January 13th, 2013 in Archive, Crew, Socorro

The hammerhead sharks were just hanging out at about 80ft. I had this one encounter where I just stared out into the blue, not knowing that a school of them were just over my head, but one got my attention, it just kept coming and coming. It got about 3 feet away from where I was. I had a close look at the razor sharp teeth, that was my first encounter with one that came that close for the 12 years of diving experience.

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So far we headed out on a cruise of a life time on the Nautilus Explorer. We saw a wow of a great hammerhead shark on the warmup dive.

By on January 12th, 2013 in Archive

The socorro Island where the diving adventure starts . On the way out just as we left Cabo San Lucas for Socorro Island, about 4 to 5 miles out we saw some humpback whales on the horizon as we got close to San Benidicto a pot of dolphin join us as they jump and flip […]

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I was actually too close to the giant mantas. I had to duck. Repeatedly!!! and sharks, sharks and more sharks. Did I mention sharks ?!!

By on January 11th, 2013 in Archive

Second day of diving, and the first day at Punta Tosca Mantas galore!  We took the zodiacs out to a ridge that starts at 30 feet and continues down.  If you stay between 40-50 feet, 15 to 22 meters, the devil fish come out to play! I think there were three although there could have […]

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We saw a serious number of hammerhead sharks at Cabo Pearse, Socorro Island

By on January 10th, 2013 in Archive

Ahh where to start? Back onboard the Nautilus Explorer and this trip has been a good one. Plenty of manta action and a serious number of hammerhead shark sightings by all here at Cabo Pearse. We relocated for the third dive today to le petite Boiler, a small reef just on the other side of […]

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