Interacting with dolphins and oceanic mantas

3 great days of diving at San Benedicto concluded! Interacting with the dolphins and the oceanic mantas was definitely the highlight for me. Amazing how friendly these wild animals are towards divers.

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Close encounters with dozens of dolphins

I’ve been diving 30+ years and this was probably one of the best dives I’ve ever done. Pods of a dozen dolphins, playing and entertaining us. Some many close encounters. And if that wasn’t enough, 4-5 Giant Mantas just circling us.

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What makes Revillagigedo so special

As we headed back to the rock, we were greeted by an amazing manta show. This was the kind of show that makes Revillagigedo so special, with mantas passing over the head of everyone, bathing in bubbles, waving with their cephalic fins and looking deep in our eyes.

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Looking into the manta’s eye

The moment that my bubbles had cleared from my entering the water I realized that I was looking into the tennis ball sized eye of a 4.5-meter Giant Manta. We hung there together motionless, studying each other. I swear that the deeper you look into a manta’s eye the deeper it looks into your soul.

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A chevron manta WOW moment!

Our big WOW MOMENT was swimming with a 12ft Chevron Manta, taking pictures and being in complete awe of her(?) when suddenly a whale shark appeared out of the blue. A juvenile everyone said. We all got a chuckle of how the manta reacted when the whale shark came in.

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But most of all, mantas!

Every dive has offered us something different but most of all the Mantas. My best dive of the week was on the last day the first dive, we had everything! Mantas, Whale Sharks, at least four different types of Sharks, Dolphins (lots and lots of fish too!) all in the same view point – we have not been disappointed.

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