Today I got to fulfill my diving dream of 12 years and went scuba diving with a whale shark!

By on November 21st, 2013 in Archive

Ich habe heute, nach ueber 12 Jahren und vielen, vielen Tauchgaengen, meinen ersten Walhai gesehen!!! Endlich! Ich habe sooooooooooooooooooooo lange darauf gewartet! Er war riesig und vor allem wunderschoen!!! Ich werde Roca Partida nie vergessen. -Meike After 12 years of diving (albeit on and off while I was at University due to lack of funds) […]

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Trip Report: Nautilus Explorer and the Sea of Cortez – By mathauck0814 on ScubaBoard

By on July 17th, 2013 in Archive

Last September my wife, Ashley, and I joined some friends in Cabo for a non-diving weekend of adult beverages and general debauchery. To our surprise, we were able to get in a day of diving with the good folks at Nautilus Dive Tech. While this is not meant to be a review of NDT, I feel I […]

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We saw tunas over 500 hundred pounds. My dive buddy Willy and I asked the Captain if we could stay at Roca Partida for another week..

By on May 18th, 2013 in Archive

  After one day at San Benedicto Island and three amazing days at Roca Partida the fish & trips group is heading to Socorro tonight. Until now our group got the chance to dive with tons of fish like tunas,  jacks, barracudas, wahoos and many other species. On blue water drifts we saw schooling fish […]

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As we rounded the corner a Galapagos Shark spied us. June 8, 2011 Guest Blogs Socorro on Nautilus Explorer

By on June 8th, 2011 in Archive

First day at Roca Partida.  We were very excited about this first dive since at Socorro Island, visibility was not so good. We jumped into the water and the first thing we spot is a bulky silver tip and a big lonely tuna surrounded by many jacks. Plenty of jacks and other fishes, pretty good […]

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A couple of Giant Pacific Mantas cruised slowly overhead to round out the day – June 6, 2011, Socorro and Sea Of Cortez – Captain’s Log

By on June 7th, 2011 in Archive

  We wrapped up the Socorro portion of this expedition on May 31st with a day of diving at San Benedicto. An early morning dive at the Canyon in search of schooling hammerheads unfortunately did not turn up any big animals with low visibility hiding anything that might be swimming by. For the remainder of […]

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Diving Here is Like Swimming in an Aquarium – June 5, 2011 – the Boiler

By on June 6th, 2011 in Archive

  The boiler today proved once again that diving here can be like swimming in an aquarium. We entered the water with schools of Big Eye Trevally Jacks in the blue around the boiler and thousands of colourful Wrasse’s all around the top of the boiler. Dropping down and moving around the nooks and crannies […]

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Log from Socorro Island – Silvia – our most famous hostess – goes diving with a friendly whaleshark at Roca Partida. SUPER HERMOSA!! May 31, 2010

By on May 31st, 2010 in Archive

Yesterday we left the marina at Cabo San Lucas for our final Socorro Islands trip of the season, another 12 day expedition which will end with 4 days of diving in the Sea of Cortez. All was calm and serene as we pulled away from the dock and I was anticipating a relatively smooth 220 […]

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