The biggest pod I've seen

Dolphin frenzy at the Boiler this morning. After splashing in at 0800 with the sun rising around San Ben we dropped in on the usual manta residents of the Boiler. With 5 soaring in and clear 90 foot vis things were going the usual way that I have been used to until the spot light […]

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Roca Partida with boobies, whale shark, silver tips and galapagos sharks!

Roca Portida Today we arrived at the volcanic island that peaks its head out of the ocean surface and is home to many boobies. The island looks like its snowed, but it’s the boobies toilet break. Before we dived in we had a wonderful whale shark show up on the stern surface which was nice […]

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Dancing with Whale Sharks and Playing with Giant Mantas

Day 1: Canyon and boiler Today was day 1 of diving, with check out dive completed, we drop into the boiler. To say we were tantalised before we even got into the water is an understatement. Just as we were getting ready to enter the water, we were treated with a whale shark at the […]

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I booked this trip 24 months ago and it has exceeded all my hopes.

We have reached the final leg of our journey on The Nautilus at Roca Partida and have not been disappointed. Our first dive at 7am, calm seas and a clear blue ocean. We dropped in and were lucky enough to have some hammerheads, a family of white-tips, some sleeping in their cave. We returned for […]

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Revillagegidos: Underwater nursey filled with baby mantas and baby sharks

Well, the pregnant manta that we have been observing at The Boiler since November has not been seen for the past two trips. A manta birth has never been seen in the wild and it looks like we may not get the chance to witness it. Hopefully when we shall see the young manta though! […]

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humpback whales intervene in orca attack on a baleen whale!

Our guests and crew on the Nautilus Explorer were anchored at Roca Partida, Socorro Island, several months ago when they were astonished to see a pod of orcas attack a humpback whale calf right beside the boat. Yes this was mother nature at work and but it was still shocking and disturbing to see a […]

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