Location: San Benedicto After an amazing final 3 days with the White Sharks of Guadalupe and a quick 3-dive stopover in San Benitos we set out on the 600 nautical mile run south back to the magical islas of the Revillagigedos, also known as Socorro. With the prevailing NW’ly swell supplying us with a gentle […]
Read MoreLocation: Ensenada to Guadalupe, Baja California North Imagine a dive trip where you get to dive with Great White sharks, followed by sea-lions in an untouched kelp forest, followed by Giant Manta Rays, dolphins, hammerheads, silkies, and galapagos sharks, to name only a few. I don`t think there is anywhere else in the world you […]
Read MoreThis time we started going down direct to San Benitos. Early in the morning for those that where up we passed a group of about 20 whales. Most probaably we where looking at bluewhales, we did not get really close to them but last trip we had them as well by us and we got […]
Read MoreLocation: The Canyon and The Boiler, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Baja California, Mexico This morning we got up there were dolphins swimming around the Nautilus Explorer and some of us where already in the water snorkeling with the dolphins before the pre-breakfast snack/continental breakfast at 0700.The first dive was really good. We had dolphins, hammerhead sharks […]
Read MoreLocation: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico. Divemaster Sten and Sharkmaster Sam reporting. Buzz and Mike are both on time off right now. The crossing at the end of the last trip was mirror smooth with just a very long soft swell. You could have woken up this morning and believed that you were […]
Read MoreDive #2 was “off-slack” at Pearse Wall. The slipper cucumbers here are normally a huge hit but the very strong current was back-eddying the wrong way on the wall and the divers weren’t able to make it to the “hot” part of the dive site. Dive #3 was at the very aptly named Blowhole. Between 20 knot west winds and very strong currents, it’s easy to see why locals call this narrow little pass “Blowhole.” The site is beautiful with anemones and gersemia rubiformis (soft red coral) but the real feature is hundreds of basket stars including a canyon absolutely loaded with them.
Read MoreWe did the Giants Causeway (or Southwest Benedicto for Mike) as the third dive and saw 2 or possibly 4 mantas but they did not seem to want to interact with us. Dive day 2 and we went to the Boiler for the first scuba dive. The dive was spectacular, 100+ feet of visibility, a pod of 6 dolphins and almost no current.
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