Had a really nice ocean crossing from Cabo San Lucas to San Benedicto Island with seas that were almost completely flat.  Ocean crossings during the season that we operate here are generally very nice. As the conditions were so good and the Solmar V was anchored at the Canyon (our normal check out dive spot), […]

23 January 2009 Great start for the trip. When we arrived at San Benedicto the dive site for the check dive was occupied by another boat so we had to change plans and go to the Boiler, the premium manta site. We had two mantas with us for the entire dive. And the same continued […]

Location: Roca Partida, Socorro Island Revillagigedos, Mexico We were back at “the rock” and the conditions were great. If you look at a chart you can clearly see that Roca Partida is at almost the exact centre of “the middle of nowhere”, and like I’ve said before just being here is an adventure and privilege, we […]

Location: Roca Partida, Socorro,  Revillagigedos Islands, Baja California. As usual, we had carefully planned our trip around the weather at Roca Partida. Captain Mike may be off the boat and having fun at the dive shows, but he’s keeping an eye on us from afar and had us at “The Rock” in some pretty smooth seas […]

Location: Cabo Pearce, Socorro Island, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico. There is something about our anchorage at Cabo Pearce which I always find a little “other-worldly”. The towering shear cliffs we anchor at the base of and the red colour of the rock out here gives everything a sort of Martian feel. The diving here can be out […]

Location: Punta Tosca, Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Baja California, Mexico Our second dive day dawned, grey and windy, fortunately our anchorage at Punta Tosca is nicely sheltered and as we were “skiffed” across the dive site the bay was surprisingly smooth and calm. Unfortunately, the calm did not extend below the surface and we dropped into some […]