San Ignacio Gray Whales
Extraordinary Interaction & Experience
26 January 2009 Punta Tosca The first group on the first dive was lucky enough to see four different mantas. After that it was rather quiet. Low visibility and annoying currents pushing away from the dive site and the island Visibility around 10 m, water temp +25 Harri Wikberg […]
Read MoreLocation: The Canyon dive site, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedos, Mexico Check out dives on the Nautilus Explorer do not get any better than this!! We arrived at The Canyon divesite at San Benedicto Island last night and after a quiet calm night in the anchorage, our guests eagerly jumped in the water this morning. We were immediately joined […]
Read MoreAfter another quiet night at anchor, we headed around the corner to the famous ‘Boiler’, a pinnacle jutting up from several hundred feet to within around 10 ft of the surface. As the ocean swell passes over the rock, the swell climbs and breaks, creating the boiling effect. Today however we had one of those […]
Read MoreFor our final two days of diving we made the short 35 mile crossing north to San Benedicto Island. First stop was the Canyon, on the south side of the island, offering a well protected bay from any swell in the area. Another beautiful day today with lots of sunshine and calm seas, we were […]
Read MoreFrom Roca Partida we headed east for a pleasant overnight cruise to the most well known of the Revillagigedos Islands, Socorro Island. At 10 miles long and almost 4000 ft at its highest point, Socorro Island is an impressive looking volcanic island. After the necessary formalities of the Navy inspection to ensure all is in […]
Read MoreLocation: The Boiler divesite, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Mexico Spent the last dives of the trip at the Boiler divesite and finally got the giant mantas. And then some. Great interaction. Passing and passing and curiously approaching us and even following us back to the Nautilus Explorer so that we can continue to snorkel with them […]
Read MoreThe visibility and surface conditions were excellent today, and the sharks were very cooperative, with multiple sightings of silvertip, silky, Galapagos, hammerhead, and of course whitetip reef sharks. And at the end of the second dive, a very lucky group of 5 scuba divers saw a female humpback with a calf swim by at their safety stop! This is an extremely lucky experience, and I think I can speak for the group who saw this when I say that it made their trip and won’t be soon forgotten.
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