Location: The Boiler divesite, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Mexico Spent the last dives of the trip at the Boiler divesite and finally got the giant mantas. And then some. Great interaction. Passing and passing and curiously approaching us and even following us back to the Nautilus Explorer so that we can continue to snorkel with them […]
Read MoreBack again to what I call the Temple. Broken rock this last remain of a volcano that soars up from the deep and sticks up just above the surface as a little top of a needle in the middle of the ocean. We had fantastic diving with lots of yellow fin tunas and lots of silvertip, galapagos […]
Read MoreLocation: Punta Tosca, Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico Started the day with an inspection at the Navy base. It was nice recognizing and meeting with the officials from last year, updating on what’s been going on with all of us over the last couple of months and discussing the illegal fishing situation. The Mexican navy has been very […]
Read MoreLocation: The Canyon divesite, the Boiler divesite, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Mexico Finally back to the strange beautiful San Benedicto Island. I think it gets a little bit greener every year that we arrive since my fist visit in 2004. Well, it means that you can trace a bit of growth on it now after hurricane […]
Read MoreLocation: Espiritu Santo, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico We made this morning’s dive at whale island. Explored the caverns and swimthrough and found some beautiful nudibranchs. Had a closer look on two different cleaning stations – one attended by barberfish and the other by juvenile mexican Hogfish. We then got underway and steamed […]
Read MoreLocation: Espiritu Santo Island, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico Wind had calmed down a bit but picked up in the afternoon with a norte. We decided to make today a wreck day. Our first dive site of the day was the wreck of the Fang Ming that was sank as an artificial reef west of […]
Read MoreLocation: Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico The crew sent me a satellite message today to say that the diving they have been experiencing in the Sea of Cortez is the best they have seen there in quite a while. We are getting reports of everything from tiger sharks in the Biosphere […]
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