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Tag: Punta Tosca

Calm Seas, Variable Currents, Giant Mantas, Sharks and Humpback Whales

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-01-18
By Nautilus Staff on January 18th, 2008 in Archive

Then off to Socorro to check in with the Mexican navy and dive Punta Tosca with the manta, tiger and hammerhead sharks on dive day 2 followed by Cabo Pearce on dive day 3. Our first dive at Cabo Pearce had great visibility and almost no current.  It was a relaxing dive with a few sightings of dolphins and sharks off the outer point along with a group of Barberfish patiently waiting for something to clean.  At times they even moved over to the scuba divers to see if they needed a clean.

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  • Tags barberfish, cabo pearce, cleaning stations, dolphins, eels, el canyon, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, humpback whales, jacks, manta rays, Mantas, Nautilus Explorer, Octopus, Punta Tosca, reef fish, Roca Partida, sharks, silky sharks, silvertip sharks, silvertips, The Boiler, tiger sharks, whales

Dolphins, Sharks, Mantas and That Was Just the First Dive

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  • Post date 2008-01-10
By Nautilus Staff on January 10th, 2008 in Archive, Socorro

On the trip out to the last dive guests were treated to the sight of a manta feeding on the surface at the dive site. We observed two separate incidents of interesting shark behaviour during the day.

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  • Tags dolphins, Giant Mantas, Mantas, Punta Tosca, shark behaviour, sharks, silky sharks, tiger sharks

Beautiful Dive Among the Coral Heads on a Lava Flow Looking for Turtles

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-12-31
By Nautilus Staff on December 31st, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

One group of guests came especially prepared for New Year’s with everyone bringing dinner gowns to wear underwater.

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  • Tags champagne, evening gowns, lava flow, lobster, new years eve, Octopus, Punta Tosca, Roca Partida, silly sharks, socorro lobster, stonefish, turtles, whitetip reef shark

Full Inspection at the Navy Base on Socorro Island

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-12-01
By Nautilus Staff on December 1st, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

A couple of Hammerheads and two curious mantas came by the ascent line. Our third dive of the day was a so called “washing machine” dive. Lets just say that some did not appreciate it so much and others had fun playing with the current, finding the slacks and using it to their favor. Not easy with current. But learning it and reading it you can find a lot of benefits with considerably more activity in marine life.  Last dive in the day we went inside and had a bit of meditation dive. The biggest surprise of all was the unafraid lobsters we found in every little crack.

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  • Tags giant manta rays, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, lobsters, Mantas, Navy Base, Punta Tosca

Dive of a Lifetime with 50 Dolphins at Socorro Island

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  • Post date 2007-11-20
By Nautilus Staff on November 20th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Sten estimates that there were more than 50 dolphins interacting with the divers. I would have loved to have seen that. Oh yeah, Sten also reports that they saw a big tiger shark in 20 metres of water, a number of hammerhead sharks and a couple of mantas as well as all the regular fish commonly seen at Socorro Island. Sounds like an incredible day!!

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  • Tags dolphins, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, Mantas, pod of dolphins, Punta Tosca, Tiger Shark

Giant manta ray attacked by a silky shark

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  • Post date 2007-04-05
By Nautilus Staff on April 5th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Anyways, when a large black manta came in towards our divers, the silky took off towards the manta and hit it really hard in the gill area. Really hard! The giant manta took off and that was the last that anyone saw of it. It’s all very interesting as we’ve always wondered why sharks don’t attack the mantas (it is very rare to see bite marks on a manta). I guess they do!! 

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  • Tags black manta, giant manta, Punta Tosca, silky shark, socorro island

Friendly giant manta ray interaction with divers

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  • Post date 2007-03-11
By Nautilus Staff on March 11th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

The 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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  • Tags el canyon, giant manta, humpback whales, manta, Punta Tosca, socorro island, The Boiler, whale songs

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