Today we were at Socorro Island, and Christine the hostess/divemaster was kind enough to lend me her wetsuit for my afternoon dive. Im glad she did because it made me look good and I think the silvertips were attracted to it! Though whole dive everywhere I looked there were sharks. When I got tired of […]
Read MoreToday was the last day of this 8 day diving expedition to the one-of-a-kind Socorro Islands. We finished this trip with two days of diving at Roca Partida which is nothing more than the top 100 ft of a 11,000 ft underwater volcanic mountain. Not much to look at from the surface, an exposed rock not much bigger than […]
Read MoreWe got a bit of swell at Socorro Island and the prediction is that we will get a bit more, but the Nautilus Explorer handles it really well. We’ll head out to Roca Partida once it calms down. You can’t beat the reassurance of sailing on a diveboat that has been venturing out to the […]
Read MoreToday started off early, for our first dive we had to fight through a bit of surf and swells at San Benedicto island, but it was certainly worth it. Within a minute, a group of Bottlenose Dolphins greeted us, four, including a mother and it’s baby. They were enjoying themselves in the waves. It was […]
Read MoreHappy new year to everyone at home, we hope your 2011 has started off as well as ours here on the Nautilus Explorer! We have just completed our first dive day of this 8 day expedition to the famous Islas Revillagigedo, better known as the Socorro Islands, with 3 very successful dives. We departed Cabo San Lucas yesterday […]
Read MoreSince we have 18 Brazilian on board we decided to celebrate the the Brazilian new year which conveniently fell at 7 pm. Burning little notes with “what we want to leave behind” was part of it. Today this first day of the year we spend back at Socorro Island. giant Mantas, dolphins and Sharks all […]
Read MoreSo after an excellent day in Socorro Island with giant mantas, dolphins and big school of hammerhead sharks we arrived in the morning at Roca Partida. Before the sunrise over the horizon we could easily see Socorro island over 70 Nautical miles away! Not every day that happens. the air was so clear. It was […]
Read More
