San Ignacio Gray Whales
Extraordinary Interaction & Experience
The songs of the humpbacks could be heard in the background while the mantas played… After our most beautiful and comfortable transit of the season from Cabo San Lucas to the Socorro Islands we arrived at our first destination for this expedition, Isla San Benedicto. The 24 hour ride south from Cabo offered nothing more than […]
Read MoreToday we were at Socorro Island, and Christine the hostess/divemaster was kind enough to lend me her wetsuit for my afternoon dive. Im glad she did because it made me look good and I think the silvertips were attracted to it! Though whole dive everywhere I looked there were sharks. When I got tired of […]
Read MoreToday was the last day of this 8 day diving expedition to the one-of-a-kind Socorro Islands. We finished this trip with two days of diving at Roca Partida which is nothing more than the top 100 ft of a 11,000 ft underwater volcanic mountain. Not much to look at from the surface, an exposed rock not much bigger than […]
Read MoreWe got a bit of swell at Socorro Island and the prediction is that we will get a bit more, but the Nautilus Explorer handles it really well. We’ll head out to Roca Partida once it calms down. You can’t beat the reassurance of sailing on a diveboat that has been venturing out to the […]
Read MoreSo after an excellent day in Socorro Island with giant mantas, dolphins and big school of hammerhead sharks we arrived in the morning at Roca Partida. Before the sunrise over the horizon we could easily see Socorro island over 70 Nautical miles away! Not every day that happens. the air was so clear. It was […]
Read MoreToday at (*name of secret dive site at Socorro Island deleted by Captain Mike!), during my 200th dive,I finally saw my first whale shark! What a sight! and I also saw something very unusual: as I was swimming towards the whale shark after seeing it cruising below me, a large galapagos shark boosted into view […]
Read MoreI haven’t blogged for a couple days now and there’s a good reason for it in case you’re wondering. The weather has been EPIC and I didn’t want to jinx the expedition! But after today and yesterday I simply couldn’t resist telling you all about it anymore. This trip has been blessed with such a […]
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