Tag: giant manta

“A National Geographic-type experience.”

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Socorro
Post date 2025-02-12
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By Emily Lever on February 12th, 2025 in Socorro

7 playful mantas, a pod of friendly dolphins, and humpback whales breaching. Diving at Socorro is amazing.

Tags dolphins, giant manta, humpback whales, sharks

Making Eye Contact with Dolphins & Giant Mantas

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Socorro, Socorro reviews
Post date 2025-02-08
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By Emily Lever on February 8th, 2025 in Socorro, Socorro reviews

Hammerhead sharks, giant mantas, friendly dolphins and baby humpback whales. It gives you chills and makes you smile and cry all at once.

Tags dolphins, giant manta, Hammerhead shark, Socorro

Mantas love their bubble baths! Photo by Kim Fastedit

Friendly Giant Mantas soaking in bubble baths

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Guests, Socorro, Socorro reviews
Post date 2025-02-07
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By Emily Lever on February 7th, 2025 in Guests, Socorro, Socorro reviews

Socorro will take your breath away, with every dive building on top of the last one. Each dive is even more incredible than the last.

Tags dolphins, giant manta, Socorro, socorro island

Socorro Island is the best diving destination for Giant Manta Rays

“4-6 friendly Giant Mantas circling our group”

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Socorro, Uncategorised
Post date 2025-02-06
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By Emily Lever on February 6th, 2025 in Socorro, Uncategorised

4-6 Giant Mantas circling our group and swimming in between divers. It was an extremely memorable experience, and one of the best of my life.

Tags dolphins, giant manta, Hammerhead shark, mexico, San Benedicto

Dolphins playing, Giant Mantas circling us & various Sharks at Roca Partida. Pure Joy.

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Guests, Socorro, Socorro reviews
Post date 2025-01-13
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By Emily Lever on January 13th, 2025 in Guests, Socorro, Socorro reviews

Guten Tag! Today we dove Roca Partida, our last dive day of the trip. Although waking up is hard, determination somehow brought us to the dive deck. Thankfully it did, because Roca Partida was stunning. Swimming in circles has never been more fun – the wall is full of so much life, sleepy sharks, and […]

Tags dolphins, giant manta, Roca Partida, sharks

“An experience of a lifetime” diving Socorro

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Guest Reviews, Socorro, Socorro reviews
Post date 2025-01-02
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By Emily Lever on January 2nd, 2025 in Guest Reviews, Socorro, Socorro reviews

This was my first time in Socorro. Nautilus and their crew have been fantastic. Great accommodations, great food, and even better diving. The friendly mantas swim right around you. Sharks swimming around getting cleaned. Hammerhead schools swimming past, and dolphins playing with you. This is an experience of a lifetime and a great boat to […]

Tags giant manta, Hammerhead shark, sharks

Dolphins and Mantas put on a show at the Boiler. Photo by Divemaster Mirko

Giant mantas all around, and dolphins playing at El Boiler

Post author By Emily Lever
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2024-12-14
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By Emily Lever on December 14th, 2024 in Crew, Socorro

If there is one dive that will stick with me forever, it’s the dive at El Boiler. The dive started off with 8 giant mantas playing all around and coming to check us out, which was truly magical. In the morning we can always hope for are local bottlenose dolphins to come. After 20 minutes […]