New Dive Sites, Blue Water Scuba Diving, Dolphin Diving; a True Expedition

By on January 24th, 2008 in Archive

Finally we went to a new site on the north east side of San Benedicto and found some interesting rock formations with lots of reef life and what appeared to be a moray eel the colour of a Clarion Angelfish. Definitely a place for further investigation. On the run home we came up with a list of possible names for the newly explored sites including Whale Sound, Booby Prize, The Act of Waiting on a Rock and Watching Barnacles although none have been adopted at this time. Maybe a few more dives on the sites will bring out the personality of the sites and the names will become obvious.

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

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

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

By 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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Full Inspection at the Navy Base on Socorro Island

By 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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Dive of a Lifetime with 50 Dolphins at Socorro Island

By 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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Giant manta ray attacked by a silky shark

By 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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