What makes a diving trip spectacular? What is the pinnacle of diving? This is my third trip to Socorro with Nautilus – twice on the Explorer and once on the Belle Amie. Simply put, each trip has been as spectacular as the next! On my first trip, I had a glorious interaction with dolphins! On […]
Read MoreFirst time on a liveaboard, and definitely the trip of a lifetime! From the thoughtful and caring service of the crew to the clean and spacious boat, and of course the highlight of the trip – diving with all the amazing creatures, it was a trip to remember! As relatively less experienced divers, the divemasters were ready to accommodate and help out in whatever way they could to make the diving as safe and enjoyable as possible. Swimming with multiple species of sharks, and mantas, and being surrounded by fish in a bait ball were the highlights of the trip and experiences which I will always remember.
Read MoreThis trip was a trip of a lifetime!!! We saw an endless supply of sharks, mantas, breaching whales, and even several dolphins. I’ve been around whales for quite some time, but I have never seen a breach, and we saw a mother-calf breach multiple times between our dives and even cruised by our skiff after one of the dive groups saw them underwater. We had such a JAWS-some experience.
Read MoreThe Trip to Socorro was just incredible, even better than I expected or hoped it would be mantas, dolphins, and lots of sharks, I felt like I was in a BBC underwater documentary. The best dives of my life, you don’t get to see that anywhere else.
Read MoreEveryone was in high spirits coming out of the water. As we got on the skiff we looked to see a shooting star up above us. One of my dive companions noted we’ve seen the stars below now we see the stars above.
Read MoreDuring dives guests saw many sea lions, sea horses, lots of fish, also snorkelers are having a great time, after dive 4 we will have kayak and hiking activities before sunset at San Francisquito.
Read MoreAfter the dives, we picked up anchor and when we were on our way to the next anchorage we spotted a big pod of bottlenose dolphins. What was amazing about this encounter was that there were just playing in one spot. We went over with the inflatables and we went snorkeling with them. This time the dolphins seemed to be pleased with the presence of the snorkelers and stayed around for more than an hour and a half. Swimming right next to us.
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