Hernan, our deck man came towards us at Roca Partida as if he was an angel, surrounded by dolphins.

After our very first dive at Roca Partida, (amazing dive, by the way, during which we saw one beautiful manta and several dolphins resting and slowly swimming close to us) I was on the surface waiting to be picked up, and suddenly, I see Hernan, our Deck man coming with the dingy towards us just […]

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Of our 4 Socorro dives today, we had giant manta encounters on three of them I had the sensation she would swim right up to me.

Our crossing from Cabo San Lucas to Socorro Island was wonderful with very small seas, light wind. We headed to the south of San Benedicto, which lets us anchor in the protection of the island. Although it has not been that long, it seems like forever since I was last down here. I have been […]

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Being back to Manta town feels very good!! Diving with 10 dolphins was pretty good as well.

At the Boiler off  Socorro Island we had 3 or 4 giant mantas playing with us, they where just swimming in circles right on top of us and one of them (a black one) was very small.. maybe 2 mts long and the other 3 (chevron) were regular size (between 3 and 3 1/2mts), next […]

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Captain's report. I turned off all our electronics for fear of a lightning strike on the Nautilus Explorer. We had a torrential downpour with sheet lightning and water strikes within 5 miles

It is a day of contrasts, last night  at Socorro Island we had a torrential downpour with sheet lightning and water strikes within 5 miles and it went on well into the night. I had turned and disconnected all the wheel house electronics on the Nautilus Explorer for fear of a lightning strike… this morning […]

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I booked this Socorro trip on the Nautilus Explorer three and a half years ago and it was absolutely worth every second waiting for! Frank

All of roca partida is amazing, it’s one of the coolest far away places I have ever been.  It seems to be there still a balanced ecosystem, which in the world today is very difficult to find.  I think that roca is a place where we can learn quite a bit about our behaviour. Joern […]

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Captain Gordon happily back at the helm at Socorro Island.

Last week was my first trip back for the 2012/2013 Socorro Islands season after a great 3 months of white shark diving at Isla Guadalupe. It’s one thing I love about working on the Nautilus Explorer, the variety of destinations we dive always keeps things interesting. Another thing I like about this boat is the […]

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