Location: Cabo Pearse, Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Baja California Hard to imagine from our calm and ideallic anchorage at Socorro Island in the Revillagigedos. We are anchored at Cabo Pearse at Socorro and my thoughts have been occupied with giant mantas, uber friendly dolphins and loads of sharks. Ashley, our hostess, commented this morning how much […]
Read MoreOn the way out on our second dive today we are escorted by several bottlenose dolphins. They are waiting for us as we drop in, wanting to play. One hovers vertically in the water posing for photos and almost begging to be petted and stroked. Right below the dolphins is a large black manta circling […]
Read MoreEl dia de hoy en ISlA SOCORRO el buceo fue grandioso con cuatro delfines y tres mantas gigantes en la parada de seguridad. 29 NOV 2009 DE LA BELLA PERLA TAPATIA GUADALAJARA. Cabo Pierce a l’Est de Socorro, un concentre des plus belles especes reunies pour le plus grand plaisir des plongeurs : Mantas, Dauphins, […]
Read MoreLocation: The Canyon & The Boiler, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedos, Mexico Our first day in the water for this trip, and everyone was looking forward to it after a sun-soaked silky smooth crossing! Weather conditions could not have been better for the start of this trip, and the transit from Cabo to Socorro Island was […]
Read MoreAfter a quiet night at anchor we departed just before sunrise and headed to Punta Tosca, on the west side of Socorro Island, for a day of diving. Similar to Cabo Pearce, Punta Tosca features a long lava finger reaching out into the pacific offering a steep and craggy underwater ridge to explore. The weather […]
Read MoreWe started Dive day 2 by checking in at the Navy base and then picking up three underwater photographers from the World Wildlife Federation who had been waiting for us at Socorro Island during the storm (unable to dive). From there we went to Cabo Pearce. Throughout all 3 dives at Cabo Pearce we could hear the humpback whales singing in the background. In between dives two and three several guests were out snorkeling when a humpback whale mom and calf happened along and checked out the snorkellers. The encounter was, of course, an incredible experience.
Read MoreThen off to Socorro to check in with the Mexican navy and dive Punta Tosca with the manta, tiger and hammerhead sharks on dive day 2 followed by Cabo Pearce on dive day 3. Our first dive at Cabo Pearce had great visibility and almost no current. It was a relaxing dive with a few sightings of dolphins and sharks off the outer point along with a group of Barberfish patiently waiting for something to clean. At times they even moved over to the scuba divers to see if they needed a clean.
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