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 […]
Read MoreAfter 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 […]
Read MoreFor 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 […]
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 MoreFrom 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 […]
Read MoreLocation: 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’ […]
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 […]
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