Category: Socorro

Fabulous day of diving with Giant Mantas!!!!

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Categories Archive, Guests, Socorro
Post date 2015-12-10
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By Nautilus Staff on December 10th, 2015 in Archive, Guests, Socorro

Fabulous day of diving with Giant Mantas!!!! So much fun hanging with the Mantas at Santa Benidicto. . . . it was amazing!!! Hopefully got some great video shots! Crew was great! Can’t wait for more diving this week!

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snorkeling with hump back whales in Socorro

DIVER MOVED BY RARE ENCOUNTER WITH HUMPBACK WHALE WHO LOST HER CALF

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Categories Captain Mike, Socorro
Post date 2015-12-10
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By Nautilus Staff on December 10th, 2015 in Captain Mike, Socorro

Underwater cameraman Rodrigo Friscone Wyssmann is no stranger to diving with humpback whales, but a single encounter, filmed last January near Mexico’s Roca Partida, will forever stand out in his mind. Wyssmann and his father watched on as a large female sat motionless in the water column after her calf was killed by orcas. Humpback […]

To say today was amazing would be an understatement

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2015-12-09
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By Nautilus Staff on December 9th, 2015 in Guests, Socorro

Today was my first day diving on the Nautalis Explorer. To say it was amazing would be an understatement. This is truly an experience that has changed me and we still have 4 more days of diving! Today was the first time I have ever seen a giant manta ray. We saw them on all […]

The diving is ALWAYS exciting here and the giant mantas bring me back every time.

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2015-12-08
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By Nautilus Staff on December 8th, 2015 in Guests, Socorro

This is my 3rd trip to the Socorro Islands and my first time on the Belle Amie. The diving is ALWAYS exciting here and the giant mantas bring me back every time. The interaction with these giant beauties is a thrill each and every time. They kept showing up at almost every dive site to […]

The giant pacific mantas came cursing by the Boiler today

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2015-12-08
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By Nautilus Staff on December 8th, 2015 in Guests, Socorro

An amazing variety of beautiful fish at the Boiler today but when the giant pacific mantas come cruising by, all eyes are drawn to their majestic beauty and imposing size. We saw at least 5 mantas during the 3rd dive and they came to visit each of us in turn; coming really quite close and […]

Diver swimming over a giant manta at socorro island

Time of the year for giant manta mating?

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Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2015-12-07
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By Nautilus Staff on December 7th, 2015 in Crew, Socorro

Ive been looking at the giant mantas behavior this trip and kind of noticed that male mantas (you can id them by the claspers as the same as sharks and they are in general smaller then the females) where following female mantas quiet intense more then they normally do. Wondering if there is any specific […]

I had so much fun playing with the sea lions!

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2015-12-07
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By Nautilus Staff on December 7th, 2015 in Guests, Socorro

When I was swimming with the sea lions, I had so much fun because they were trying to play with me. The sea lion kept doing backflips and looking at me as if to say “okay, now it is your turn” Of course, I couldn’t do a backflip quite as easily as he could, so […]