What makes Revillagigedo so special

As we headed back to the rock, we were greeted by an amazing manta show. This was the kind of show that makes Revillagigedo so special, with mantas passing over the head of everyone, bathing in bubbles, waving with their cephalic fins and looking deep in our eyes.

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Highlight of the dive day was snorkelling with a pod of pilot whales (false killer whales) of San Benedicto Island. 11 May 2011

So we started up with high expectations at Socorro and getting out on the lava flow in search of this big group of hammerhead sharks that we have seen here and the very very good encounters of the giant mantas that we have had this year. And we dove and we dove and dove and […]

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From Socorro to the Sea of Cortez we saw it all :: from seahorses to mantas, sharks, sea lions and even nudibranchs — dive guide and first mate blog – June 9, 2010

From South to North, Big and Small, We saw it all: Sea Horses, Mantas, Sharks, Sea Lions and Nudibranchs. Let us remember back a few days to those spectacular dives at Socorro where we left you off with our last Dive-Master Log. Our cruise North into the Sea of Cortez, was very smooth until we […]

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Yellow-fin tuna hunting underwater and then becoming prey when false killer whales moved in on us – Captain, hostess and guest blog – May 22, 2010

More great diving at the one of a kind Roca Partida today, despite the wind and choppy sea state. For those of you not familiar with Roca Partida, from the surface it is nothing more than a rock, roughly 200 ft long by 100 ft high, jutting up in mid-pacific, hundreds of miles from any […]

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Overly frisky silky sharks & 50 false killer whales show up at Socorro Island. English y Portuguese. May 11, 2010. Guest and Divemaster blog.

Today was a bit of a strange day at Roca partida. The direction of the current was a bit unusual in its direction. And the sharks around the rock where fewer then normal. Though we had schools of tousands of yellow fin tunas exploding in all directions when we got in between them. And Whaoos […]

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False Killer Whales encounter – Divemaster log – Feb. 7, 2010

It always is exciting diving in Roca Partida the further most rock of Mexico’s Pacific Ocean and 70 miles from Socorro Island because you never know what you’ll find and that make it unique.Like yesterday the breaching of humpback whales caught our attention and next to her a big pod of false killer whales,everybody had […]

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Yes, we really were approached in the water by curious false killer whales!! Divemaster Log. January 22, 2010

Location: Canyon and The Boiler dive sites,   San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedo’s, Mexico Finally on Day 4 of this trip we got our giant  mantas!   You never know when the big animals are going to show up on these trips.  Sometimes it’s right at the beginning. And sometimes it’s not until the last 2 days. […]

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