29.03.2009 San Benedicto, Canyon, After a very calm ride over arrived at San Benedicto mid morning. Had a pod of dolphins waiting to greet us. In water was marvelous. 77 degrees and 60ft viz. Hammerheads waiting for us at the cleaning stations. 3 mantas came in to distract us during what might have been the […]
Read MoreLocation: Roca Partida, Socorro Island, Mexico We had two days at Roca partida with beautiful conditions. First day was so calm so we even let out the kajaks and some patient guest got to se them under water. The current was weak so we could move out away a bit from the rock in the school […]
Read MoreLocation: Punta Tosca, Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Baja California, Mexico On the west side of Socorro Island, the largest island in the Revillagigedo archipelago, there is a dive site called Punta Tosca. Boasting easily the prettiest topside scenery of all our scuba dive sites, the rolling green hills and steep volcanic bluffs of the island made […]
Read MoreLocation: The Canyon, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedos, Mexico Well here we are once again off San Benedicto island in the Revillagigedo archipelago, having just wrapped the first day of diving with our new guests! The run down from Cabo San Lucas was pleasant and uneventful, with the occasional humpback whale sighting breaking up the endless […]
Read MoreLocation: The Canyon, San Benedicto Island, Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Baja Mexico. We had barely left our berth in Cabo San Lucas when the action started. I was just about to start a safety briefing when our captain, Brad, called over the PA that he had sighted humpback whales. Our guests quickly grabbed their cameras and headed […]
Read MoreLocation: Humpback whales have arrived at Socorro Island! Our second day at Roca Partida, and I had a good feeling as the divers and I dropped into the blue at the northern end of the rock. Almost as soon we dropped in I could the sound of strobes recycling, a lot ! I looked around and could […]
Read MoreOver the two days all of our divers were able to have closer and more intimate interactions with a couple of giant manta rays than anyone imagined. Some divers saw a small school of 10 hammerheads and one lucky group of divers had terrific interaction with a dolphin who played for 5 minutes before taking off rapidly and leaping out of the water. The silvertip and Galapagos sharks were off the northeast end of the rock circling in and out of view. One of the Galapagos sharks looked like it is recovering from a nasty spear wound to the head. He has a large lump with a hole on the top right side of his head and a hole/scar on the bottom left side by his gills. The good news is that we saw him last trip as well and he seems to be recovering nicely.
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