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Quite a start for our stay in these marvelous islands. A manta played with us more than us with it

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
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  • Post date 2013-03-26
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By Nautilus Staff on March 26th, 2013 in Archive

My first giant manta, and closer than ever. It truly seeked interaction. What an experience. -g After a day of crossing during which the crew managed to keep us busy throughout the day (eating -very well-being part of it) we arrived in San Benedicto, welcomed by 2 pods of bottlenose dolphins and distant humpback whales […]

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  • Tags Dive Mexico, Friendly Mantas, liveaboard, scuba dive

We saw 10 sharks before we even descended to our final depth, I lost count of how many sharks swam past me or challenged me to a staring contest.

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  • Post date 2013-03-05
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By Nautilus Staff on March 5th, 2013 in Archive

The weather looked nice, so we headed out to Roca Partida a little ahead of schedule.  I was a little worried because Captain thought there might be another boat at this little rock in the middle of the ocean.  Luckily, we passed the other boat in the middle of the night (heading home) and found […]

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  • Tags Dive Mexico, Friendly Mantas, humpback whales, liveaboard, Roca Partida, sharks, socorro island
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