We are on our way to Clipperton Atoll – Isle de Passion – after spending 1 day at San benedicto and 1 day at Socorro, we will be there in a couple of days San Benedicto fun, 2 dives at the canyon and 1 at the boiler, we had a Dusky shark at the canyon […]
Read MoreWhat makes this trip really interesting, is its balance between challenging dives like Roca Partida and nice-n-easy dives like our first two at Socorro Island. Btw, night snorkelling with the Silky sharks is really exiting. – G Heute war der zweite Tauchgang der Hammer. 3 Mantas umkreisten uns, einer war so nah dass […]
Read MoreA whole trip in one day: snorkelling with whales, diving with mantas and dolphins. Everything is possible at Socorro. – G We are starting to know the dive site, but the whales, dolphins, giant mantas and hammerhead sharks really don’t get any old. Again a marvellous time on the Nautilus today – Nicolas […]
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For the last two days, we have been snorkelling in between dives at will, with humpback whales, a mother and calf. She is obviously a very comfortable mom as she lets Jr. roam a bit. The calf comes to the surface, breathes, frolics around the divers snorkelling at the surface, then goes back down to mom, who is hovering what appears to be motionlessly at about 8-10 metres below.
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The hammerhead sharks were just hanging out at about 80ft. I had this one encounter where I just stared out into the blue, not knowing that a school of them were just over my head, but one got my attention, it just kept coming and coming. It got about 3 feet away from where I was. I had a close look at the razor sharp teeth, that was my first encounter with one that came that close for the 12 years of diving experience.
Read MoreRoca Partida woke up this afternoon! Along with some lively action on the surface was some equally live action below with sharks of all kinds lurking about. Duskies, Silkies, Galapagos, White tips, Silver tips and Hammerheads were converging on the Rock today in a shark convention it seemed. While the Nautilus held fast in […]
Read MoreLocation: Roca Partida, Socorro Island, Islas Revillagigedo, Mexico We just completed 8 scuba dives (over 2 days) at Roca Partida and I have to say we couldn’t have had better weather. To see the “Pacific” Ocean actually live up to her name is a rare thing indeed, and we were blessed with absolutely flat calm seas […]
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