Straight into the beak of a bottlenose dolphin

Location: 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 […]

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Roca Partida, Socorro, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexcio.

Location: 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 […]

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Amazing check out dive at San Benedicto Island

Location: The Canyon dive site, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedos, Mexico Check out dives on the Nautilus Explorer do not get any better than this!!  We arrived at The Canyon divesite at San Benedicto Island last night and after a quiet calm night in the anchorage, our guests eagerly jumped in the water this morning.   We were immediately joined […]

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4 mantas who were all real players

After another quiet night at anchor, we headed around the corner to the famous ‘Boiler’, a pinnacle jutting up from several hundred feet to within around 10 ft of the surface. As the ocean swell passes over the rock, the swell climbs and breaks, creating the boiling effect. Today however we had one of those […]

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3 Giant manta rays hang out with us all day

For our final two days of diving we made the short 35 mile crossing north to San Benedicto Island. First stop was the Canyon, on the south side of the island, offering a well protected bay from any swell in the area. Another beautiful day today with lots of sunshine and calm seas, we were […]

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Intimate diving encounters with dolphins in the wild

From Roca Partida we headed east for a pleasant overnight cruise to the most well known of the Revillagigedos Islands, Socorro Island. At 10 miles long and almost 4000 ft at its highest point, Socorro Island is an impressive looking volcanic island. After the necessary formalities of the Navy inspection to ensure all is in […]

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Drifting in the blue with schooling hammerhead sharks

Location:  Roca Partida, Revillagigedos, Mexico Over two days we got in 8 dives here, and although not quite as active as the previous trip, we still enjoyed plenty of the big fish we came to see, including some friendly and curious dolphin encounters, silver-tip, scalloped hammerhead and Galapagos sharks. A drift dive in the ‘blue’ […]

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