The experience of a lifetime

Diving with Bottlenose Dolphins…check. Here comes the Mantas check, check…cue the White Tip Reef Sharks, do not leave out the Black Tip Reef Sharks, here comes the Galapagos shark and his guest the Tiger Shark. Let the party begin! Socorro Island definitely has a right to be called one of the top ten diving destinations […]

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Amazing adventure in and out of the water.

Our group (Enfield Scuba from Connecticut USA) arrived last week, We were welcomed by all the Crew – who have gone above and beyond all week. We’ve had an amazing adventure in and out of the water. We’ve seen 6 species of sharks (including Hammerheads) plus Mantas and dolphins. We really appreciate everything that the […]

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Epic Underwater Safari

Nautilus was my first liveaborad diving trip that I will never forget. I got to swim with Mantas and Sharks and felt like I was on another planet. It gave me the opportunity to get back to back dives in everyday and all of the divemasters always made sure I was comfortable. I would like […]

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Another Dive Story

At our safety stop, a small curious silky shark swam very close, then swam down to examine the line tied to the surface marker buoy. It then rubbed its body on the line, swam back up to us, circled around several times, then dove down again to rub against the line. This continued for our […]

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Dancing Mantas at Socorro

Stephanie CiosekAs we hovered mid-water, we were approached by a large manta, as she (we later found out) swam past us, another slightly smaller manta came towards us. The first then swam back towards our group with the smaller following close behind. We watched as the circles became smaller, and the mantas got closer and […]

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Mesmerizing Encounter with Mantas

Punta Tosca at Socorro Island. The dive began with a mesmerizing encounter with a group of several massive oceanic mantas that circled us for a while, hovering over the group, before gracefully swimming away into the sunset. Later in the dive we saw a free swimming moray eel, unbothered by the daylight and seemingly on […]

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Socorro: Totally Unexpected

The diving life is a funny thing, so many options and places to go. By and large I am a lazy diver but I have an adventurous side as well. Nautalis has been an amazing experience, first dive of the trip we saw a manta, tiger shark and hammerhead all in the first 10 minutes […]

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