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Socorro Island is the best diving destination for Giant Manta Rays

“An experience of a lifetime” diving Socorro

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Guest Reviews, Socorro, Socorro reviews
Post date 2025-01-02
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This was my first time in Socorro. Nautilus and their crew have been fantastic. Great accommodations, great food, and even better diving. The friendly mantas swim right around you. Sharks swimming around getting cleaned. Hammerhead schools swimming past, and dolphins playing with you. This is an experience of a lifetime and a great boat to […]

Tags giant manta, Hammerhead shark, sharks

Dolphins and Mantas put on a show at the Boiler. Photo by Divemaster Mirko

Giant mantas all around, and dolphins playing at El Boiler

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2024-12-14
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By Emily Lever on December 14th, 2024 in Crew, Socorro

If there is one dive that will stick with me forever, it’s the dive at El Boiler. The dive started off with 8 giant mantas playing all around and coming to check us out, which was truly magical. In the morning we can always hope for are local bottlenose dolphins to come. After 20 minutes […]

Tags dolphins, giant manta, Hammerhead shark, Socorro

A big school of hammerheads, giant manta, and a pod of 8 dolphins playing.

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Crew, Crew reviews, Socorro
Post date 2024-12-03
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By Emily Lever on December 3rd, 2024 in Crew, Crew reviews, Socorro

“It’s such a pleasure to have a dive that’s so incredible that most of the divers come out of the water shouting it was the best dive of their entire life. Abundance of mantas, dolphins, schooling hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, silver tips, jacks, tunas…. All at the same time.” – Eline, DG, aboard the Belle Amie […]

Tags dolphins, giant manta, Hammerhead shark

“We asked for whale sharks and had 4 sightings in the same day! Best trip of my life!”

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Guest Reviews, Socorro, Socorro reviews, Uncategorised
Post date 2024-12-03
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By Emily Lever on December 3rd, 2024 in Guest Reviews, Socorro, Socorro reviews, Uncategorised

“Roca Partida, what a trip! A day with mantas around the rock and for the last dive, all full of life. Sharks, lobsters, wahoos, hunting scenes, and, and…we went with Emiliano, our great guide and it was awesome! Whale shark coming so close to us. Also Emiliano took us to see the sharks balconies. Fantástico. […]

Tags Roca Partida, whale sharks

“El Cañón is a place where the magic of the ocean becomes real,” a Dive Guide’s experience

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Crew reviews, Socorro, Uncategorised
Post date 2024-12-02
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By Emily Lever on December 2nd, 2024 in Crew reviews, Socorro, Uncategorised

“El Cañón is a place where the magic of the ocean becomes real,” a Dive Guide’s experience.

Tags giant manta, San Benedicto, sharks

Captain’s Noon Reports – Belle Amie – 2024-11-27

Post author By Noon Reports
Categories Uncategorised
Post date 2024-11-27
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By Noon Reports on November 27th, 2024 in Uncategorised

Hi everyone, NBA anchored in Cabo Pearce, Northerly wind 10-12 kts. 2-4 ft seas same direction and 4 ft swell from south, dive conditions are ok, water temperature is 26 Celsius, viz 15 meters. 3 amazing dives had been done so far and we have one more, diving has been fantastic. During our 3 dives […]

An incredible first day in the Sea of Cortez

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Guests, Sea of Cortez, Ultimate Whale Sharks
Post date 2024-10-06
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By Emily Lever on October 6th, 2024 in Guests, Sea of Cortez, Ultimate Whale Sharks

Upon arriving from a long bus ride from Cabo San Lucas to La Paz, we were greeted by the crew of Under Sea at the dock and transported in their RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) to the mother ship, it was already dark and we could not yet appreciate our surroundings. We were greeted onboard by […]