Now, as a hostess on board the Nautilus Explorer, there comes a point in the day where you have a break and the option is to dive or have a nap. Today, like most days, I chose to dive.

Now, as a hostess on board the Nautilus Explorer, there comes a point in the day where you have a break and the option is to dive or have a nap. Today, like most days, I chose to dive. Deckhand Hernan dropped me off the South Tip and I descended slowly, surrounded by small schools […]

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An unexpected meeting at Socorro with two humpback whales

What a fantastic trip… We started with a long crossing to San Benedicto but the weather was on our side, we need no tablet again seasickness, a good start 🙂 In San Benedicto we’ ve got our first manta rays…. WOW!!! They are soooo big and beautiful and they come to you and look at […]

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I found myself and our guests smack dab in the middle of a school of over 75 hammerheads for 3-5 minutes!

We got a chance to ask guests how their second day at Roca Partida was! Here are their responses! Divemaster Matt and one guest had a dive that we are more than jealous of! Wow! What an incredible day! Filling tanks and watching huge whales breach is pretty good, but then to add to it, I found […]

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What a lifetime experience! I didn't even have time to change into my bathing suit, just jumped in with all of my clothes on!

On our 516th trip to Socorro, we got a chance to ask our guests what they thought about Roca Partida and seeing the whales! Here are some of their responses. Hammerheads, galapagos, and snorkeling with humpbacks, all before breakfast!! -Markus What a lifetime experience! I didn’t even have time to change into my bathing suit, just jumped in […]

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Died and gone to Diver's heaven!

A few days ago, we posted some responses of guests answering “How is the Boiler with the mantas, dolphins and whales?”. Here’s part 2! “There is no way to get a better than that dive. You could hear whales singing, saw 7 or 8 dolphins….They stayed and played with us….. The Mantas kept coming. Where ever you […]

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It's one of the greatest occasion you have to see how wonderful our planet can be

We asked our guests, “How is the boiler with the mantas, dolphins and whales??” and here is part 1 of  their responses. The first two dives were great with mantas, dolphins, etc., but the third dive was incredible! Besides the mantas, dolphins, and schooling fish, we had a whale symphony, one whale doing a cello number […]

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Hostess Renae makes friends with a manta

Today I went free diving and had an epic interaction with a manta. It was beautiful. We were dancing together. There were a few dives I made where we were swimming directly toward each other, to the point of almost colliding, when she would swoop underneath me, make a tight circle and come back for more attention. When I was on the surface, she would […]

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