Tag: roca o’neil

Roca O’Neil

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Socorro
Post date 2019-03-11
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By Nautilus Crew on March 11th, 2019 in Socorro

Today we dived Roca O’neil a site we don’t often get to go to as it is very exposed to heavy swell. It is located on Socorro island and consists of craggy black rocks protruding from the surface of the waves several hundred meters from the islands coastline. There is a shallow plateau which extends out from the rocks which steeply drops off on all sides to over 30m (at it’s shallowest point) covered in large boulders and rock formations.The abrupt change in depth creates…

Tags galapagos, hammerheads, roca o'neil, silvertip, trevally

Schooling hammerheads at Socorro. Photo by divemaster Jessie

Hammerheads and Dolphins Delight at Socorro

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2019-01-14
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By Nautilus Crew on January 14th, 2019 in Crew, Socorro

We saw mantas every day, we saw hammerhead sharks every day and we saw dolphins on 4 out of the 5 diving days!

bottlenose dolphin is comfortably close with nautilus divers

Nautilus dive guide is still surprised!

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2018-04-23
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By Nautilus Crew on April 23rd, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

As a Nautilus Dive Guide new to Socorro, there are still surprises hidden up the sleeves of these incredible islands. Today, the Nautilus Explorer ventured around the point from Punta Tosca towards Roca O’Niel.

Tags bottlenose dolphin, Hammerhead shark, Nautilus Explorer, Punta Tosca, roca o'neil, roca o'neill, silky shark, Tiger Shark, whitetip shark

two dolphins swimming in the waters of punta tosca

Great diving at beautiful Roca O’Neil

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Guests, Socorro
Post date 2018-04-14
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By Nautilus Crew on April 14th, 2018 in Crew, Guests, Socorro

The best of the four dives today took place at Roca O’Neill with more than 40 meters of visibility and a sighting of a strong, big and beautiful TIGER SHARK! We were all amazed by this magnificent encounter.