Best big animal encounters of the trip with a huge school of hammerheads circling in very close to our divers – Captain's Log – 21 JAN 2011

By on January 30th, 2011 in Archive

We have just wrapped our last day of diving for this trip to the incomparable Socorro Islands. I think the hardest part of this trip for me will be in about 10 minutes when I attempt to move our guests from the hottub, where I can currently hear a beautiful symphony of untrained voices with a beer […]

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Our Dutch divemaster serenades us on guitar with songs of his own making as we chime in for good measure while dessert is brought out to us on the foredeck in a flat calm ocean at anchor Roca Partida. Guest blog. January 21, 2011.

By on January 29th, 2011 in Archive

Hello cybernetically-connected landlubbers! And greetings from Roca Partida. The parted rock is interesting from the moment you hear of it. It’s 65 miles from Socorro and San Benedicto and 265 from ‘civilization’ in Cabo San Lucas. And there’s apparently nothing near it. Well, nothing cartographers would speak of, but unless they dive they’re barely scratching […]

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Craziest thing I saw in my life — whale shark drives away aggressive galapagos shark at Socorro Island – Guest blog – 21 DEC 2010

By on December 22nd, 2010 in Archive

Today at (*name of secret dive site at Socorro Island deleted by Captain Mike!), during my 200th dive,I finally saw my first whale shark! What a sight! and I also saw something very unusual: as I was swimming towards the whale shark after seeing it cruising below me, a large galapagos shark boosted into view […]

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No Giant Mantas at the Boiler and Vis was Down a Bit but Huge Pod of Leaping Dolphins – Divemaster Log – 07 DEC 2010

By on December 8th, 2010 in Archive

This morning we were escorted toward San Benedicto Island by a huge pod of leaping Bottlenose Dolphins. Some of the jumps were easily 15 feet into the air. The Captain said he was looking one in the eye as he stood on the bridge. The beautiful Baja sunrise lit up the impressive volcanic island as […]

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Giant mantas or dolphins? or served Nautilus style: why not both, and plenty of them! DM and Guest Blog. Dec. 1/10.

By on December 3rd, 2010 in Archive

With our last DM Blog we left you on the way to Socorro Island after a very successful day at Roca Partida. Isla Socorro was absolutely beautiful and full of life. On the first day, after checking in with the Navy base at the island, we moved to Cabo Pearce where we enjoyed diving with […]

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Guadalupe white shark season starts soon – meanwhile giant black sea bass the size of a small car are enjoyed by all!! crew – guest blog – July 22, 2010

By on July 22nd, 2010 in Archive

Anacapa marine reserve, Channel Islands, California, USA Giant Black sea bass. We are getting very excited about our upcoming Guadalupe great white shark trip next week.  First trip of the season.   So after been over in a very windy but extremly rich San Miguel with tons of Abolon and even a wolf eel. We arrived […]

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Giants Manta Wings Waving Goodbye – Great White Shark Teeth Grinning Hello! From Socorro to Guadalupe.

By on June 23rd, 2010 in Archive

Divemaster Dan here.  Writing from Vancouver, British Columbia where I left the warm water and wonderful pelagics behind for “doing time” in the office (it’s actually really easy – I just talk to  people all day about how cool it is to have a staring contest with a Great White Shark from only 4 feet away, […]

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