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Tail lobs and competitive humpback whale behaviour

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-03-17
By Nautilus Staff on March 17th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

A group of guests also went out in a skiff to get a closer look at four adult humpback whales and one juvenile and were rewarded with 15 minutes of dramatic tail lobs (smacking their tails on the ocean surface). While tail lobs can be a “back off” message directed at humans, or a “let’s get together guys and stay close,” it seemed much more likely that there was some male to male competitive behaviour going on here. ‘Tis the season at Socorro Island for humpback whales to mate and breed!!

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  • Tags el canyon, galapagos sharks, giant manta rays, humpback whales, jacks, lobster, silvertip sharks, The Boiler

100 schooling silvertip sharks at the Canyon, San Benedicto Island

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-03-16
By Nautilus Staff on March 16th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

They started the day out at the Canyon dive site at San Benedicto Island, and on the first dive, two guests took some fantastic images of an adult female humpback whale and her calf. Divers also saw five Silvertip sharks at the main cleaning station. One closed circuit rebreather diver had the fantastic good fortune of sighting something that none of us had ever seen before – a verified school of approximately 100 juvenile Silvertip sharks. Incredible!!

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  • Tags baby whale, el canyon, giant manta, Humpback Whale, manta, San Benedicto, schooling silvertips, silvertip sharks, The Boiler, whale calf

Friendly giant manta ray interaction with divers

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  • Post date 2007-03-11
By Nautilus Staff on March 11th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

The west side of Socorro Island has beautiful rolling hills with low green vegetation that is gradually turning brown as the residual moisture from last summer’s hurricane season drys up. Divers lucked out with a large and very friendly giant manta ray that stuck with them for a great interaction during one dive. Humpback whales were all around and spent their day breaching, fluking and singing whale songs that could be heard underwater.

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  • Tags el canyon, giant manta, humpback whales, manta, Punta Tosca, socorro island, The Boiler, whale songs

Schooling juvenile silvertip sharks

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  • Post date 2007-03-07
By Nautilus Staff on March 7th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

Captain Dave reports that on their first morning dive at El Canyon at San Benedicto Island, divers saw two hammerhead sharks swimming alongside a school of silvertip sharks. Some of the Silvertips were very small, measuring less than 2.5ft. Meanwhile, one of the hammerheads was huge for a scalloped hammerhead – an estimated 12 feet!

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  • Tags el canyon, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, Mantas, plankton bloom, silvertip sharks, socorro island, The Boiler

San Benedicto Island giant mantas interacting with divers

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  • Post date 2007-03-01
By Nautilus Staff on March 1st, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

The magic of Socorro Island is that these resident mantas actually choose to approach divers on their own terms. We’ve always felt that there must be “something” in the water around Socorro, as a number of resident animals choose to approach and even initiate physical contact with divers. Not just the manta rays but dolphins, Lumpy our favourite leather bass, and even some of the Socorro lobster.

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  • Tags black manta, chevron manta, dolphins, el canyon, Giant Mantas, lumpy, Mantas, San Benedicto, socorro lobster, The Boiler

Easy passage from San Jose del Cabo to San Benedicto Island

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  • Post date 2007-02-24
By Nautilus Staff on February 24th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

The Canyon came through with good diving with giant manta rays, white tip reef sharks, juvenile silvertip sharks and a small school of hammerhead sharks. A couple of humpback whales came close by the boat, but weren’t in the mood to interact with the divers.

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  • Tags el canyon, giant manta rays, hammerhead sharks, humpback whales, Mantas, silver tip sharks, white tip sharks

Fabulous day of diving with giant manta rays at San Benedicto Island

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  • Post date 2007-02-19
By Nautilus Staff on February 19th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

The giant manta rays were too playful and interactive at the Canyon today. Seriously. Our last dive day turned out to be fabulous, and one of the best days of the trip. The big animal diving at Socorro Island and San Benedicto Island can be wildly variable and while the Canyon was very quiet at the start of this trip, it was smoking hot today. A large school of hammerhead sharks (we estimate at least 100 animals) swam past the cleaning station with 20 or so of the sharks very close to our divers. Some of our divers were only half joking when they surfaced and complained that the overfriendly mantas wouldn’t get out of the way and allow the divers to get unobstructed photos of the hammerhead sharks!

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  • Tags el canyon, england, Galapagos Shark, hammerhead sharks, leather bass, lumpy, Mantas, San Benedicto, schooling hammerheads, socorro island, Tiger Shark

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