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We just could sit, hover and watch how the mantas stopped and slowly sank. Socorro Island, Pacific Ocean, Mexico. Jan 10, 2012.

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Post date 2012-02-04
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By Nautilus Staff on February 4th, 2012 in Archive

Routine check in with the Navy base. A happy meeting and New Years hugs in between the navy guys and us. After the years here we have established a good relationship. They are also the guys that has been helping us in medical emergencies or have responded when we have reported illegal fishing activities. (Though […]

Tags Dive Mexico, Dive Socorro, giant manta, liveaboard diving, scuba, socorro island

The action was most intense at the cleaning station with 3 – 4 giant mantas circling in and around. Socorro Island, Mexico.

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By Nautilus Staff on February 4th, 2012 in Archive

Socorro Island. One-two-three, Go! We all backroll together and begin to descend onto the dive site, as I clear the bubbles off my lens and adjust my strobe, I see the dark manta shaped shadow out of the corner of my eye. Quickly I take a test shot to check my exposure and start lining […]

Tags Baja California, diving, giant manta, liveaboard diving, Mantas, mexico, scuba

It was manta show today at Socorro. They circled us the whole dive. We didn't even have to move. Socorro, Baja California, Mexico.

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Post date 2012-02-03
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By Nautilus Staff on February 3rd, 2012 in Archive

The Boiler: A beehive of giant mantas, 50 minutes of nonstop buzzing. Unbelievable, 7 mantas on one dive. Everywhere you looked there was a manta! I love Socorro!! Belinda – DM. It was the Manta Show today. The mantas circled us the whole dive we didn’t even have to move they just kept circling around […]

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The schools of jacks were so dense that I couldn't see through the wall of fish. Roca Partida, Socorro Island, Mexico.

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By Nautilus Staff on February 3rd, 2012 in Archive

Hammerhead sharks, huge schools of yellow fin tuna, a pack of 17 stacked silvertip sharks, napping white tips. A great day of diving around the rock. Derek Bamonte, Denver, Colorado USA As one of the dive masters on the boat I am used to having great dives at all our dive sites around Socorro, however, […]

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The Boiler at San Benedicto featured loads of great manta interaction or manta loving' as we like to call it with a least 5 giant mantas. San Benedicto, Socorro Island, Mexico.

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Post date 2012-02-02
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By Nautilus Staff on February 2nd, 2012 in Archive

Today was our final day of diving for this Socorro Expedition and for our grand finale we spent the day at the infamous Boiler. The Boiler is a submerged pinnacle on the north west side of Isla San Benedicto and is famous for it’s Giant Pacific Manta Rays and the incredible interaction that divers can […]

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Got hit by an attack sea urchin at Roca Partida! Socorro Island, Mexico.

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By Nautilus Staff on February 2nd, 2012 in Archive

Roca Partida: 100 plus vis, Silver tip, White tip, Galapagos, Hammer head Sharks, Bottlenose Dolphins, Yellow fin Tuna, and an attack sea urchin. How can it get better other than that. One more day here tomorrow. Eiko Jones. Sharks has been the word of the past two days here at Roca Partida, part of the […]

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We spied our first humpback whale of the season at Socorro Island. Baja California, Mexico.

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By Nautilus Staff on February 1st, 2012 in Archive

We are now halfway through this our latest expedition to the Socorro Islands, 250 nautical miles south of Cabo San Lucas in the Pacific Ocean. For the past two days we’ve been diving at the infamous Roca Partida, a small rock poking up out of the ocean 70 nautical miles from its nearest neighbour, […]

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