Saved the best Socorro diving for the end of the trip. Roca Partida “ROCKS. After celebrating new years, we awoke to a small rock rising out of the ocean. As we rolled of the zodiacs and peered into the depths, silvertip sharks and whitetip sharks greeted us then a dolphin swam by. The silver tip […]
Read MoreLynn: Giant mantas, Hammerhead sharks, and a Tiger shark! This trip is incredible. Yesterday was amazing, we played with a manta ray who stayed with us until we had to go up. (S)he kept circling around us, and got right up close, eyeball to eyball, and (s)he kept sinking down over our heads I and […]
Read MoreDave/ Dec 30 \nautilus explorer- Soccorro island Diving started with hammerheads, then slow at the Boiler at San Benedicto Island and then on to Soccorro Islands. The first day current was ripping. The only players were a silvertip and two whitetips. Next morning off to Punta Tosca, Soccorro Island. early morning dive, not much, only […]
Read MoreLocation: The Canyon and Boiler dive site, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedos Departed Cabo San Lucas first thing yesterday morning and had a smooth easy ride down to Socorro Island. Which is true almost all the time during the winter season. We got welcomed by Bottlenose dolphins at San Benedicto Island, We started up with […]
Read MoreJoey: Today was my first day diving in warm water. We jumped in and the water was very clean compared to the Northwest diving I am used to. I saw a few Clarion Angel fish right at the beginning which were beautiful. Then we swam over to where the the Hammerhead Sharks were. I only […]
Read MoreThe second dive of the day got off to an unexpected start. Dive master Dan appears beside me wide eyed and excited pointing at something in the distance. He clawed at the ocean with both hands and made the Shark signal. I thought it was a Great White, but it turns out it was a […]
Read MoreTed: Roca Partida Roc(k)ed! Get it?! But really, where in the world can you dive seemingly in the middle of nowhere on a pinnicle 200 feet deep on a volcano 10,000 feet deep? Impressive, to say the least. Quite the little eco system down there too. My favorite was the Silvertip Sharks. They are beefy […]
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