The most awesome sight I've seen underwater. Hammerheads, Galapagos and white tip sharks, schooling tuna and, of course, the whales each time.

By on March 8th, 2013 in Archive

The most awesome sight I’ve seen underwater. Mama and baby humpback interacting with many divers. We were only 15 feet away from a two month old humpback showing off its new breaching skills between nursing trips with a very chilled out Mom. Its impossible to explain the once in a lifetime sights that you can […]

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First dive: a divers dream!!! Two dozens hammerheads, 4 dolphins and 3 interacting mantas.

By on February 25th, 2013 in Archive

Waking up at Socorro Island and looking out of the window there was the first whale of the day just 20 meters away. I would have never imagined that there are so many of them. J First dive at Cabo Pierce: strong current, we saw one manta ray, but only passing by. The other group […]

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Good start for the first day, we started at the dive site The Canyon where we saw Hammerhead, White tip, and Galapagos sharks! The second dive we headed to the Boiler to find the friendly giant mantas!

By on February 20th, 2013 in Archive

I am back from time off I left just as the whales they were coming around. I was thinking about the date that I was to come back just to see the whales. So far we left from Cabo with a group of divers from WIRODIVE for 12 days on the first day we stop […]

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I was in a hammerhead school competing with some galapagos and turned to see some silkies and then a manta was almost bumping me!

By on February 9th, 2013 in Archive

First i said it was in my top ten dives of my life, but after consideration it was top three, i was in a hammerhead school competing with some galapagos and turned to see some silkies and then a manta was almost bumping me!  On the way back from Socorro Island we saw a baby whale […]

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One of the highlights was snorkelling with a mother humpback whale and her calf! I really believe this was a once in a lifetime experience.

By on February 5th, 2013 in Archive

  Today is our last day on the boat, it is a sad day.  This was our first live aboard dive trip and we were overwhelmed by the experience!  From the captain to the deck hands, the crew was awesome; I can’t say enough good things about them!  The whole crew treated us as if […]

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An average size manta here has a wing span measuring approximately 14 ft, with the largest close to 18 ft across.

By on January 22nd, 2013 in Archive

We have completed dive day 1 of our current Socorro Islands expedition and are now on an overnight transit to Roca Partida. Today had us diving at Isla San Benedicto, one of the three islands of the Islas Revillagigedo that we dive from November until June each year. We started the morning at the Canyon, […]

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