Magical Second time at Socorro

So excited be back at Socorro for the second time. I wish time would just slow down! It’s been full of so many memories and looking forward to even more! The first dive of the trip did not disappoint with a 7 ft Tiger shark. Of course the mantas at the Boiler put on a […]

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Rhett the great white, plus a humpback?

A fabulous second day just stroked us. Guest fully happy to fill up every single open spot at the cages, no stopping, just talking about how amazing was their day. Rhett the big male shark has been passing extremely close and circling the submersible cages repetitively for the length of 6 dives. Then I am […]

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Our annual and very unusual visit to Clarion Island. WOW!!

We are about a third of the way through our current dive expedition to the Socorro Islands. This expedition is 13 days total and will include 11 days of diving. One benefit of this extra long trip is the chance to visit Isla Clarion. Clarion is the last of the 4 islands of the Revillagigedo […]

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Diving has been fantastic at Roca Partida so far. Schooling hammerheads and an amazing humpback whale mom and calf.

Beautiful day at Roca Partida today. Transit over started off a bit bumpy but settled down in the early hours this morning and conditions now are perfect. A long 4-6′ swell from the north, light breeze. No other boats. Diving has been fantastic so far this morning. Schooling hammerhead sharks on first dive, a big […]

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Enjoying huge schools of jacks, white-tip reef sharks, a few hammerheads and even a tiger shark on the last dive, all with the beautiful orchestra of humpback songs playing in the background

Enroute from Socorro Islands to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Humpback whale season has officially started here at the Socorro Islands this year. They started appearing at the islands in small numbers earlier in the month of January, but their numbers have increased noticeably in the past week. Around the midway point of this current expedition […]

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Mechanical problems keep shore staff hopping and really supporting us – Captain's Log – April 30, 2011. Socorro and Sea of Cortez

We started this 13-day expedition by heading north from Cabo San Lucas and into the Sea of Cortez looking for some quality time with the playful sealions that make their home near the capital of Baja California Sur, La Paz. Just north of Isla Espiritu Santo lies Los Islotes, a small island that is home […]

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The Hammerhead Shark must have thought "What a Weird Diver, he is not Interested in me as I Swim Beside Him??" Guest Blogs. Roca Partida January 21, 2011

Roca Partida… In the morning we arrived here… what an amazing place. A rock sticking out to the Ocean. Amazing dive: we have seen White-tipped sharks, a silver-Tipped shark swimming by at some distance, some spotted a Hammerhaed in the distance. On the 3rd dive I am pretty sure, that it was a Galapagos Shark […]

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