Category: Socorro

Yeah, the dolphin show was pretty spectacular, and the manta just didn’t want us to leave the water. But the silky sharkscapade snorkel…now there’s a unique dive experience.  Where else can ya just jump in and hang out with a bunch of your favorite chicken eating sharks in the pitch dark?  Only Cabo Pearce with […]

On our first day aboard the Nautilus Explorer we received the bad news that we had to postpone our departure to Socorro due to bad sea conditions due to a storm, but as we say in Spain, ” every cloud has a silver lining ” because in return we could enjoy diving with sea lions […]

Diving at Roca Partida is luminous and magical.  Here’s this little tiny rock in the absolute middle of nowhere, in the middle of a brilliant blue sea–I’ve never seen bluer blue!  You never know what to expect on the Rock.  We’ve been blessed with fabulous condition–what looks like limitless visibility, and only a trace of […]

The morning dive today was my second favorite dive of my life! Mantas, dolphins and white tips sharks. I was in heaven!!

First dive of the morning (Cabo Pierce) featured Giant Mantas (lots) and dolphins (three), white tip sharks and a report (rumor?) of a Hammerhead, not seen by this blogger.  Naval inspection, passed with flying colors, and then around the island to Punta Tosca.  Few Mantas, schooling fish.  Night dive, very mellow.  Waiting now for Silky […]

First dive today was incredible!  We saw a ton of white tips all gathered in their dens, very sociable mantas and a pod of dolphins!!  This has been a great trip!