We sailed from the port of Ensenada around midnight, fully loaded with fuel, food and a boat full of excited divers.

This marks the beginning of the changing of seasons for us, we will start by cage diving with great whites sharks at the Island of Guadalupe, then head south east to the dense kelp forests of Benitos and Cedros Islands to splash around with seals, sea lions and elephant seals. Once the Northern portion of […]

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I had two incredible dives in Roca Partida. I know there is so much life, but always I get incredible surprises!

I had two incredible dives in Roca Partida. Every time I dive here I feel very excited, I know there is so much life, but always I get incredible surprises!! On my dive yesterday, I saw many sharks and different fish everywhere. We had very close encounters with sharks. We saw Galapagos, silkies, and white tips […]

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Captain's Log – Turtle erotica… I watched through the wheelhouse windows as 2 green turtles locked in a steamy embrace. Or maybe they were just cuddling.

We’ve just left Roca Partida and are on our way back in Cabo San Lucas to disembark and prepare for our next trip back to the Socorro Islands. The highlight of this trip was definitely the diving at Roca Partida. Our one day at Socorro Island was a little disappointing as far as big animals […]

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Shark Week has nothing on us today. I got so used to the shark action that I almost skipped the last dive. Whale shark!

Our first three dives were filled with the usual galapagos and silver tipped sharks, nests of white tipped reef sharks, giant tuna, wahoo and the odd pacific manta. My highlight so far was the three hammerhead encounters on my second dive this morning – stunning. I got so used to this amazing shark action that […]

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Who knew that white tip sharks grade themselves by size? from small to big. From the Nautilus Explorer – Roca Partida

Arriving at 7AM to the Mexican Show on Roca was very welcoming to the boatload of Canadians made us feel right at home. Dropping into the blue with a dense school of jacks and trevally, interspersed with wahoo, puffers and oh yes, dozens of sharks!! White tips, silver tips, Galapagos, silky, hammerhead and apparently a […]

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I was in a hammerhead school competing with some galapagos and turned to see some silkies and then a manta was almost bumping me!

First i said it was in my top ten dives of my life, but after consideration it was top three, i was in a hammerhead school competing with some galapagos and turned to see some silkies and then a manta was almost bumping me!  On the way back from Socorro Island we saw a baby whale […]

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I recall having to pinch myself to ensure I was not dreaming

Whales like I’ve never seen before captured on film by several of our divers this past trip! Some of the pictures and video of a mother and very new calf was breathtaking for those of us stuck above water. I happened to have a sneak preview of several of these treasures before any kind of […]

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