Location: 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 & The Boiler, San Benedicto, Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Baja California, Mexico Our trip south to the Revillagigedos Archipelago (Socorro Island) was so calm on this run down it was difficult to tell if we were moving. The only waves of the journey were caused by dolphins riding the bow wake, and by marlins […]
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 MoreAfter a quiet night at anchor we departed just before sunrise and headed to Punta Tosca, on the west side of Socorro Island, for a day of diving. Similar to Cabo Pearce, Punta Tosca features a long lava finger reaching out into the pacific offering a steep and craggy underwater ridge to explore. The weather […]
Read MoreLocation: Due to weather considerations we decided to start the trip off at Roca Partida. A small rock in the middle of the pacific, it is not particularly impressive above the surface aside from the numerous boobies and frigate birds duking it out for their next meal. Beneath the waves though, it offers a very […]
Read MoreThey started the day out at the Canyon dive site at San Benedicto Island, and on the first dive, two guests took some fantastic images of an adult female humpback whale and her calf. Divers also saw five Silvertip sharks at the main cleaning station. One closed circuit rebreather diver had the fantastic good fortune of sighting something that none of us had ever seen before – a verified school of approximately 100 juvenile Silvertip sharks. Incredible!!
Read MoreThe west side of Socorro Island has beautiful rolling hills with low green vegetation that is gradually turning brown as the residual moisture from last summer’s hurricane season drys up. Divers lucked out with a large and very friendly giant manta ray that stuck with them for a great interaction during one dive. Humpback whales were all around and spent their day breaching, fluking and singing whale songs that could be heard underwater.
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