Tag: hammerhead sharks

A playful sea lion with beautiful eyes at Cedros Island

Guadalupe-Socorro Combo Trip Kicks off the Socorro Season

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Categories Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro
Post date 2018-12-03
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By Nautilus Crew on December 3rd, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro

We had Great Whites in Guadalupe, lots of California Sea Lions on the way down south, now Giant Mantas and Silky sharks and dolphins…all in one trip, and the best still lays ahead.

San Benitos: A Sea Lion’s Playground

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Categories Crew, Guadalupe
Post date 2018-09-10
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By Nautilus Crew on September 10th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

If I had to describe San Benito’s diving in just a few words, I would say that is is a “sea lion’s playground.”

Socorro Highlights Part 2

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Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2018-07-11
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By Nautilus Crew on July 11th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

Our first 2 dives were at El Canyon. On the first one, our check-out dive, as soon as we got in the water, a group of five dolphins showed up and with them was the baby dolphin that we have been seeing on the last couple of trips. After the dolphins, we saw a couple hammerheads and three mantas that were swimming around us all the way to the safety stop.

Tags baby dolphin, black manta, chevron manta, dolphins, el canyon, galapagos sharks, hammerhead sharks, Mantas, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, The Boiler, Whale Shark, yellowfin tuna

DMs Say Goodbye to Socorro for the Season

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Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2018-07-06
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By Nautilus Crew on July 6th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

On the last day of diving at Roca Partida we had pretty much everything; lots of sharks, mantas, tunas schooling, dolphins, and a massive whale shark that just kept doing loops around the rock (we got to see it on three dives!).

Tags Cerralvo Island, dolphins, galapagos sharks, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, Mantas, Roca Partida, Sea of Cortez, silky sharks, The Boiler, tiger sharks, turtles, Whale Shark

Cheerful Divers at Roca Partida

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Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2017-12-05
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By Nautilus Staff on December 5th, 2017 in Crew, Socorro

After a full day & two nights at sea after a couple dives at Roca Alijos we arrived at Roca Partida at sunrise. DM Pedro had a detailed dive site map, with a whale shark graphic, during the briefing and in no time we had the skiffs ready to load eager divers, ready to see […]

Tags galapagos sharks, hammerhead sharks, whale sharks

Volkswagen Beetle Sized Tuna?

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Categories Crew, Guests, Socorro
Post date 2017-06-24
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By Nautilus Staff on June 24th, 2017 in Crew, Guests, Socorro

Wonderful, supportive, extremely professional crew aboard, across all disciplines from captain to chef. Exceptional food, snacks, and cookies. Roca Partida is amazing. Every dive is filled with swarms of fish, various sharks, mantas, joy, and smiles. Diving here four times a day does not get boring. Looking at the majestic rock from both above and […]

Tags bonito, giant manta rays, hammerhead sharks, Roca Partida, yellowfin tuna

Fingers crossed at Roca Partida. Hammerheads… hammerheads. Trying to visualize hammerheads. YES, YES. There they are. 70 hammerhead sharks march by 40 feet away from us, chased by another group of 5 sharks trying to catch up with the main group

By Nautilus Staff on January 13th, 2014 in Archive

Good morning ROCA PARTIDA!! There is just nothing quite like this small but fancy and visually intriguing rock. Seeming to be lonely and deserted from the rest of Socorro islands , yet accompanied by a crazy array of birds topside, and the best of the wildest marine life below. Waking up anchored a few hundred […]