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A playful sea lion with beautiful eyes at Cedros Island

Guadalupe-Socorro Combo Trip Kicks off the Socorro Season

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Categories Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro
Post date 2018-12-03
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By Nautilus Crew on December 3rd, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro

We had Great Whites in Guadalupe, lots of California Sea Lions on the way down south, now Giant Mantas and Silky sharks and dolphins…all in one trip, and the best still lays ahead.

Giant Manta Identification, Photo by Miguel Ortiz

Giant Manta Identification in the Revillagigedo Archipelago

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Categories Citizen Science, Guests, Socorro
Post date 2018-07-23
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By Nautilus Guests on July 23rd, 2018 in Citizen Science, Guests, Socorro

I worked with giant manta identification to differentiate each individual, and thus evaluate their population. This helps to obtain important information including how many individuals are in the biosphere reserve, how many mantas are present every season and if there are new mantas every season. It also includes which islands attract more mantas, how many females and males are there, and how the mantas move between the islands.

White Tip Sharks in Socorro, Photo by Howard Hall

Socorro Highlights Part 3

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Categories Crew, Sea of Cortez, Socorro
Post date 2018-07-13
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By Nautilus Crew on July 13th, 2018 in Crew, Sea of Cortez, Socorro

Just to have that privilege of diving with the big Pacific mantas and sharks, wow! The last day of diving in the Sea of Cortez, La Reina was so amazing, with nice rock formations, and sea lions swimming around you.

Tags cabo pearce, dolphins, jacks, la reina, Mantas, Punta Tosca, Roca Partida, white tip sharks

Socorro Highlights Part 2

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Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2018-07-11
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By Nautilus Crew on July 11th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

Our first 2 dives were at El Canyon. On the first one, our check-out dive, as soon as we got in the water, a group of five dolphins showed up and with them was the baby dolphin that we have been seeing on the last couple of trips. After the dolphins, we saw a couple hammerheads and three mantas that were swimming around us all the way to the safety stop.

Tags baby dolphin, black manta, chevron manta, dolphins, el canyon, galapagos sharks, hammerhead sharks, Mantas, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, The Boiler, Whale Shark, yellowfin tuna

Some Socorro Highlights

By Nautilus Staff on July 7th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

📷 By the amazing Howard Hall We are wrapping up another fantastic trip to this beautiful archipelago. The weather has not been the most cooperative this time but we were able to get in some amazing dives none the less. We started out the trip on the sheltered side of San Benedicto at the Canyon, with […]

Tags chevron manta, dolphins, el canyon, galapagos sharks, hammerhead, jacks, manta, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, silky sharks, The Boiler, tuna, white tip reef sharks

DMs Say Goodbye to Socorro for the Season

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Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2018-07-06
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By Nautilus Crew on July 6th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

On the last day of diving at Roca Partida we had pretty much everything; lots of sharks, mantas, tunas schooling, dolphins, and a massive whale shark that just kept doing loops around the rock (we got to see it on three dives!).

Tags Cerralvo Island, dolphins, galapagos sharks, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, Mantas, Roca Partida, Sea of Cortez, silky sharks, The Boiler, tiger sharks, turtles, Whale Shark

Marine Biologist Miguel Meets his First Manta

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2018-07-03
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By Nautilus Guests on July 3rd, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

And there it was: a beautiful animal, a majestic MANTA, the first one in my life. My heart started beating fast, my breath was taken away, my eyes and mind hypnotized. The best experience of my life, I finally saw my dream in front of me, a moment I have taught about a thousand times, and it came true, I was not dreaming.

Tags blacktip reef shark, Galapagos Shark, Giant Mantas, jacks, marine biologist, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, sea turtles, sharks, silver tip, stingrays, The Boiler, Tiger Shark, Wahoo, Whale Shark, white tips, yellowfin tuna

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