San Ignacio Gray Whales
Extraordinary Interaction & Experience
Location: Punta Tosca, Socorro Island, Revillagigedo’s, Baja California After the navy inspection we headed out to Punta Tosca. I went down to check out the dive site and had immediately two giant mantas coming in towards me. Going down the first scuba dive they where there. And divers started to do their filming and shooting […]
Read MoreLocation: Punta Tosca, Socorro Island, Revillagigedo’s, Mexico Today was one of this just magic days. One of this dives that will be in the memory of us who dived it for the rest of our life. Direct on our decend at Punta Tosca we get visual contact with giant manta and dolphins. And they stay […]
Read MoreOn the way out on our second dive today we are escorted by several bottlenose dolphins. They are waiting for us as we drop in, wanting to play. One hovers vertically in the water posing for photos and almost begging to be petted and stroked. Right below the dolphins is a large black manta circling […]
Read More26 January 2009 Punta Tosca The first group on the first dive was lucky enough to see four different mantas. After that it was rather quiet. Low visibility and annoying currents pushing away from the dive site and the island Visibility around 10 m, water temp +25 Harri Wikberg […]
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 MorePunta Tosca on dive day 4 was also surprisingly quiet and the visibility was low so after 2 dives at the outer point we decided to move the Nautilus up a couple of bays and try a new site. A series of small rocks sticking out of the water with a sheer drop to 120 feet on one side and shallower bays on the other. It proved to be fascinating and several guests saw sea turtles and a “fly by” with a giant manta. Definitely a site that we will repeat but once again the “charismatic megafauna” was elusive.
Read MoreDivemaster Ryan lucked out with the very best encounter of all when a large male humpback whale approached him underwater and hung out with him for a reported 20 minutes. Ryan could barely contain himself when he got back and reported that the whale was close enough to touch. How come I always seem to miss the best dives!?!
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