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Category: Socorro

Easy passage from San Jose del Cabo to San Benedicto Island

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-02-24
By Nautilus Staff on February 24th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

The Canyon came through with good diving with giant manta rays, white tip reef sharks, juvenile silvertip sharks and a small school of hammerhead sharks. A couple of humpback whales came close by the boat, but weren’t in the mood to interact with the divers.

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  • Tags el canyon, giant manta rays, hammerhead sharks, humpback whales, Mantas, silver tip sharks, white tip sharks

Rough crossing from Socorro Island

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-02-20
By Nautilus Staff on February 20th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Most of our crossings to and from Socorro Island are pretty good. It’s unusual to have an uncomfortable crossing. Last night started out silky smooth with a remarkably low swell. Unfortunately, the winds picked up around 0300 and we now have a very short, steep sea which is very odd for the open ocean.

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  • Tags open ocean crossing, waves, weather

Fabulous day of diving with giant manta rays at San Benedicto Island

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-02-19
By Nautilus Staff on February 19th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

The giant manta rays were too playful and interactive at the Canyon today. Seriously. Our last dive day turned out to be fabulous, and one of the best days of the trip. The big animal diving at Socorro Island and San Benedicto Island can be wildly variable and while the Canyon was very quiet at the start of this trip, it was smoking hot today. A large school of hammerhead sharks (we estimate at least 100 animals) swam past the cleaning station with 20 or so of the sharks very close to our divers. Some of our divers were only half joking when they surfaced and complained that the overfriendly mantas wouldn’t get out of the way and allow the divers to get unobstructed photos of the hammerhead sharks!

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  • Tags el canyon, england, Galapagos Shark, hammerhead sharks, leather bass, lumpy, Mantas, San Benedicto, schooling hammerheads, socorro island, Tiger Shark

Dominance and a large black manta ray

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-02-18
By Nautilus Staff on February 18th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Interestingly, one group of divers reported observing behaviour that reminded me very much of the great white sharks of Guadalupe Island. Last season we would see 2 white sharks swim side-by-side as if they were measuring their respective lengths against each other. The smaller animal would then peel off into the blue. The larger animal presumably being the dominant animal. I “think” we saw the same thing with 2 giant manta rays. 2 animals (a chevron manta and a larger black manta) swam in tight formation in a vertical pattern. The smaller chevron then peeled off and disappeared into the blue. Presumably, just like the white sharks, the large black manta ray established it’s dominance and got to hang out with a human.

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  • Tags black manta, chevron manta, dorado, freediving, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, humpback whales, Mantas, Roca Partida, schooling hammerheads, silky sharks, silvetip sharks, tuna, Wahoo, whale watching, white tip reef sharks

Red hot diving at Roca Partida

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-02-17
By Nautilus Staff on February 17th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Measuring 91 metres by 45 metres by 34 metres high, the island is actually the lava plug from a volcano that gradually eroded away around it. It is an amazing 11,000 feet deep around the volcano and we gingerly anchor the Nautilus Explorer in 245 feet of water very close to the lava tube. Roca Partida is a “magnet” for mantas, sharks of all kinds, wahoo, tuna, dorado and all other manner of sub-tropical fish.

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  • Tags clarion island, dorado, Mantas, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, sharks, tuna, Wahoo

Spawing surgeonfish at Cabo Pearce

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-02-16
By Nautilus Staff on February 16th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Visibility was variable at the outer cleaning station, but we had good sightings of 4 different mantas, schools of tuna, a couple of inquisitive Galapagos and silky sharks, and small schools of scalloped hammerheads as well as 1 possible sighting of a 12 foot long great hammerhead.

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  • Tags freediving, galapagos sharks, great hammerhead, hammerhead sharks, Mantas, pompano, scalloped hammerheads, silky sharks, surgeonfish, triggerfish, tuna tagging

Variable dive conditions – it’s not always super hot.

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-02-15
By Nautilus Staff on February 15th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

We dove both Punta Tosca and Cabo Pearce today with some really mixed experiences. One lucky group of snorkellers were approached by a humpback whale calf until Mum zoomed in (15ft away!) and dragged the calf away. We also had some great dolphin encounters, and about half the divers encountered a very playful giant manta ray.

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  • Tags cabo pearce, dolphins, giant manta ray, humpback whale calf, humpback whales, Punta Tosca, silky sharks, snorkelling, socorro cage diving

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