Close Encounters with Marine Life on the Surface at Socorro Islands

If you Google Socorro or Revillagigedo, you will undoubtedly see hundreds of blogs, photos, and videos of the incredibly diverse scuba diving opportunities uniquely available at the four islands that make up this Archipelago.

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As we rounded the corner a Galapagos Shark spied us. June 8, 2011 Guest Blogs Socorro on Nautilus Explorer

First day at Roca Partida.  We were very excited about this first dive since at Socorro Island, visibility was not so good. We jumped into the water and the first thing we spot is a bulky silver tip and a big lonely tuna surrounded by many jacks. Plenty of jacks and other fishes, pretty good […]

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Intimate diving encounters with dolphins in the wild

From 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 […]

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Drifting in the blue with schooling hammerhead sharks

Location:  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’ […]

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