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This is the trip of dolphins

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2019-04-12
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By Nautilus Crew on April 12th, 2019 in Crew, Guests, Socorro

We started off jumping close to the wall. While swimming towards the receiver, several whitetips crossed our way. Suddenly, a hammerhead appeared in the blue and disappeared as fast as he came. When swimming to the inner side of the lava finger, several whitetips were circling between the rocks…

Tags bottlenose dolphin, giant manta ray, Hammerhead shark, Punta Tosca, sea turtle, stingray

Mantas dance above divers at Socorro. Photo by Kim Nilsson Davidsson

Guests Complete Their Bucket Lists at Socorro

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Post date 2019-02-04
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By Nautilus Guests on February 4th, 2019 in Guests, Socorro

There are not many places in the world where you’ll be looking at a pile of sharks, get distracted by a gang of hammerheads, check your air, then look down to see 5 mantas gracefully dancing beneath you.

Tags bucket list, cabo pearce, dancing mantas, dolphins, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, humpback whales, Mantas, Punta Tosca, roca oneal, Roca Partida, sharks, spanish, sting rays, whale sharks, whales, yellowfin tuna

A beautiful whale shark spotted in Socorro. Photo by Kim Nilsson Davidsson

False Killer Whales, Tiger Sharks and Whale Sharks at Socorro

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2019-02-01
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By Nautilus Crew on February 1st, 2019 in Crew, Socorro

Schooling hammerheads at Punta Tosca, a Tiger shark at Roca O’Neal, 8 Giant Mantas in one dive at the Boiler and an awesome surprise at Roca Partida when a pod of about 60 False Killer Whales swam by the Explorer.

A shark glides through the blue at Socorro

The Lunar Eclipse Brings Out the Sharks!

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2019-01-23
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By Nautilus Crew on January 23rd, 2019 in Crew, Socorro

As we were getting ready in the full moon, the lunar eclipse started to form and by the time we got dry with all the guests enjoying hot chocolate and Baileys, it was nearly complete. What a sight!! It seemed like the sharks noticed it too.

Meeting some new best friends at Socorro

Divemasters and Dolphins Become Best Buddies

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2019-01-11
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By Nautilus Crew on January 11th, 2019 in Crew, Socorro

18 guests, 20 dives, lots of Hammerheads, Dolphins, and of course, Mantas.

A diver swims under a dolphin at Cabo Pearce

Epic Christmas Diving at Cabo Pearce and More

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2019-01-07
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By Nautilus Crew on January 7th, 2019 in Crew, Socorro

Mantas, chevron and black, at least 5 at the same time. Around the two cleaning stations a pod of ten dolphins and an inquisitive hammerhead shark.

Schooling hammerheads delight at Socorro. Photo by Dan Tirtowidjojo

100+ Schooling Hammerheads and Mantas Everywhere

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2019-01-04
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By Nautilus Crew on January 4th, 2019 in Crew, Socorro

A massive group of schooling Hammerheads joined another massive group of schooling hammerheads and then there were over 100 sharks swimming close together in the misty water.