I feel the dolphin's body shivering and her eyes are looking straight in to mine as an old friend that I haven't seen in a long time. Dive guide log. Socorro Island. 08 NOV 2010

Coming back to Socorro Island I wondered about  this curiouse friendly dolphin that we started to see 4 years ago. If she is still here or even still alive.  The first dive did not give so much until the end of the dive a male very curious giant manta came in and visited us.  The […]

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Hostess log and guest pic's of giant mantas and hammerhead sharks – 11 FEB 2010

The special, and perhaps most frustrating thing about diving is that you never know what you are going to get. After all, nature, as we all know, is wild and unpredictable. Although there is always something magical about a dive in the Socorroo Islands, there are some dives that stick out in your mind more […]

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In my 25 years of diving, it was the very first time I actually saw a humpback whale underwater –>> thank you from the bottom of my heart for one amazing ocean adventure. – Guest blog – Jan. 30/10

Today was a special day!! We arrived at Roca Partida in the early morning to humpback whales around the little island. Now, I’ve seen humpback whales before, but in my 25 years of diving, it was the very first time I actually saw one underwater.  Every trip to Socorro and Revillagigedo is pretty much guaranteed […]

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As smooth as cruising a lake…

Location: The Boiler, The Canyon dive sites,  San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Cabo San Lucas Boarding day  dawned warm and sunny, with light winds and a calm ocean which would follow us as we left the shelter of the marina in Cabo San Lucas, at the southern most point in Baja California, Mexico, in search of […]

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE STAFF AND GUESTS ONBOARD THE NAUTILUS EXPLORER – Guest blog – January 1, 2010

Lynn:   Giant mantas, Hammerhead sharks, and a Tiger shark!  This trip is incredible.  Yesterday was amazing, we played with a manta ray who stayed with us until we had to go up.  (S)he kept circling around us, and got right up close, eyeball to eyball, and (s)he  kept sinking down over our heads  I and […]

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Guest Blog – Dec. 9/09 – Diving with Giant mantas, and feeding sharks

I have been diving for forever, and one of the best dives I have ever done was yesterday at Roca Partida. Every critter you can think of was out there feeding, white tips and silver tips actively hunting, 4 scallop hammer head sharks just hanging in the current, the dive finished up with 2 giant […]

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Diving with Socorro's Giant Mantas and friendly bottle nose dolphins.

Location: Punta Tosca, Socorro Island, Revillagigedo’s, Mexico Today was one of this just magic days. One of this dives that will be in the memory of us who dived it for the rest of our life. Direct on our decend at Punta Tosca we get visual contact with giant manta and dolphins. And they stay […]

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