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Huuhhh?? After our best season ever for big animals at Socorro Island, the last couple of days have been slow.

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2013-04-24
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By Nautilus Staff on April 24th, 2013 in Archive

1945hrs We’ve just departed Socorro Island for our annual Clipperton expedition. We spent the last two days diving at San Benedicto and Socorro of the Revillagigedo chain of islands. The diving was a little disappointing with minimal big animal activity. A few hammerhead sharks here and there and one giant manta for a couple lucky […]

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  • Tags Captain Gordon Kipp, captain's blog, Clipperton Island, hammerhead sharks, San Benedicto

Tropical storms and diving Socorro Island – Captain's Log – 17 June 2011

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  • Post date 2011-06-17
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By Nautilus Staff on June 17th, 2011 in Archive

Had a bit of a worry last week when the first tropical storm of the season went roaring through Socorro Island.  The Nautilus ran for cover 2 days early and we spent the rest of the trip in the Sea of Cortez where the vis was down and the water was surprisingly green.  Green??   What’s […]

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  • Tags captain's blog, dolphin, giant manta, manta, Nautilus Explorer, Roca Partida

Manta’s – Swimming Close and Gliding By, Like Stealth Bombers – The Canyon, San Benedicto

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  • Post date 2011-05-19
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By Nautilus Staff on May 19th, 2011 in Archive

  The sight of San Benedicto island rising up from the horizon was beautiful. A gorgeous sunset, the green flash, a warm hot tub and the promise of good things to come the next day. How many times has the diving been so good at the Canyon that we stayed the whole day? I can’t  […]

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  • Tags captain's blog, dolphins, giant manta, hammerhead, Hammerhead shark, manta, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, Octopus, Revillagigedo Archipelago, San Benedicto, silky shark

Whale sharks, mantas, dolphins, false-killer whales, octopus, Galapogos sharks, Hammerhead sharks, Silky sharks… I could go on and on. Captain’s Log May 15th 2011 Socorro

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2011-05-17
  • 1 Comment on Whale sharks, mantas, dolphins, false-killer whales, octopus, Galapogos sharks, Hammerhead sharks, Silky sharks… I could go on and on. Captain’s Log May 15th 2011 Socorro
By Nautilus Staff on May 17th, 2011 in Archive

Everything seemed to come together to make this trip a truly wonderful experience.  The gorgeous weather, the great company of the guests and crew, and of course, the diving.  I don’t know how to describe the diving in a way that will justify the experience! Whale sharks, mantas, dolphins, false-killer whales, octopus, Galapogos sharks, Hammerhead […]

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  • Tags captain's blog, giant manta, manta, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, Octopus, pilot whales, Revillagigedos, Whale Shark

Giant manta swooped over us and I looked up to see a whale shark swim past and then … another manta showed up. San Benedicto. Socorro Island.

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  • Post date 2011-05-08
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By Nautilus Staff on May 8th, 2011 in Archive

Perfecto!  First dive of the trip and we were greeted by 2 Giant  Mantas..gracefully swimming above, around and with us for the dive.  Water temp 74, viz great and the dive crew had us all well prepared and we had a great time.   There was a Hammerhead sighting and one man saw what he said […]

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  • Tags captain's blog, divemaster blog, giant manta, hammerhead, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, San Benedicto, Whale Shark

Perched on Top of a Small Pinnacle Lay my Wedding Ring!! I Found it!! Captain’s Log. Socorro Island. May 5, 2011

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  • Post date 2011-05-06
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By Nautilus Staff on May 6th, 2011 in Archive

Its been a very interesting trip here on the Nautilus Explorer this past couple of weeks.  Any trip that combines a combo of the Sea of Cortez and Socorro Island holds promise, and this one certainly delivered.  The Sea of Cortez is everything I crave when I search for warmer climates that my homeland of […]

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  • Tags cabo pearce, captain's blog, lapu laup, mexico, nautilus crew, Nautilus Explorer, parrotfish, Sea of Cortez, stingray

03 May, 2011 – A Giant Manta Ray with 14 ft wingspan had decided to perch itself on my head… – Isla Socorro, Mexico

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2011-05-03
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By Nautilus Staff on May 3rd, 2011 in Archive

After a relatively slow day the previous day at Cabo Pearce on the east side of Socorro Island, yesterday we moved to one of our favorite divesites on the west side called Punta Tosca. We arrived the night before last and after dinner we had our weekly snorkel with the silky sharks. With all of […]

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  • Tags captain's blog, Galapagos Shark, giant manta, Hammerhead shark, manta, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, Revillagigedos, San Benedicto, Tiger Shark

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