We arrived at The Canyon last night around 2300 already anchored and planning to dive there. We made a tentative plan to do our checkout dive at Fondeadero and then move to the boiler for dives 2-4. The check-out dive at Fondeadero was perfect for our divers to get accustomed to the operation and figure out their weights, etc. There was no current and visibility was around 50′. There was at least one manta sighted as well as some Galapagos sharks. It wasn’t amazing, but divers enjoyed themselves. As soon as divers were out of the water we got underway and relocated to The Boiler. We have done one dive here so far, and the divers loved it. The current was very mild from the south and visibility varied between 50-80′ with some hazy patches. There were at least three mantas at the site, with some of them giving great shows to our divers. So far it is a great start to our first day of diving! The plan is for two more dives here and then we will shift back to Canyon to anchor for the night and dive there tomorrow.
Read MoreFor the second dive the action was good, we had black mantas, school of hammerheads (around 30), Galapagos, silver tips and some silkies, guests got out of the water with a big smile, everybody was happy.
Read Moreoday we started our dive day at 0700 diving Fondeadero for the warm-up dive we could see three hammerheads at the beginning of the dive, some Galapagos and two dolphins but not as close as we wished, no current, then we moved to the Boiler for the 2nd dive, three chevron mantas and one black manta during the whole dive with our guests but the beauty of this is that we were watching the mantas while the whales were singing, unfortunately, we could not see them but it was beautiful.
Read MoreWe have a great group of divers and the interaction with big animals was impressive. divers were diving with Mantas (Chevron and Black), six kinds of sharks (Whitetips, silver tips, hammerheads, tigers, Galapagos, silkies).
Read MoreThe wildlife has been showing up in force! At least three mantas on the checkout dive, some scattered hammerheads as well as Galapagos and silvertip sharks. On dive two at The Canyon, there were three more manta sightings, some schooling hammerheads coming close to the divers at the transmitter, and two large tiger sharks. Divers are thrilled.
Read MoreI saw countless oceanic mantas, dolphins, and seven species of shark, silky, Galapagos, white tip reef, oceanic blacktip, silvertip, scalloped hammerhead, and tiger. While I love to visit new places, Socorro will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will continue to return.
Read MoreToday the dives here at boiler were amazing at first dive we had around four mantas, one of them was huge, and some dolphins, in the 3rd dive we could dive with three mantas and the huge one is still there, one group could see a tiger shark, we are having a great day, the weather has been beautiful hopefully stays like that.
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