Location: Roca Partida, Socorro island, Baja California, Mexico Approaching Roca Partida in the morning we got a Tsunami warning via our Inmarsat communicating a earth quake outside of the coast of Chile on a scale of 8.8 We got the information that it would arrive around 1045 AM at our site. We are in this […]
Read MoreToday the guests and crew of the Nautilus Explorer are nearing the end of an 8 day adventure trip to Socorro Island. Well, San Benedicto Island and Roca Partida to be more accurate. Later tonight we will arrive back at Cabo San Lucas. This his has been an adventure for our guests, and for myself […]
Read MoreIt always is exciting diving in Roca Partida the further most rock of Mexico’s Pacific Ocean and 70 miles from Socorro Island because you never know what you’ll find and that make it unique.Like yesterday the breaching of humpback whales caught our attention and next to her a big pod of false killer whales,everybody had […]
Read MoreActually, we stand corrected on that. Socorro is only one of 4 islands in the Revillagigedo Archipelago. The other islands are San Benedicto, Clarion, Roca Partida — although it’s a bit of stretch to call the tiny outpost of Roca Partida an island!! Socorro Island has been temporarily closed for security reasons by the […]
Read MoreToday was a special day!! We arrived at Roca Partida in the early morning to humpback whales around the little island. Now, I’ve seen humpback whales before, but in my 25 years of diving, it was the very first time I actually saw one underwater. Every trip to Socorro and Revillagigedo is pretty much guaranteed […]
Read MoreRoca Partida, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedo’s Today started with the captain saying he had a dream about whale sharks. Well his dream was my dream come true. My first whale shark ever. Today was one of the best dives that I have ever had, It started slow with no animal action then as my […]
Read MoreThe giant mantas of Socorro have always been extremely friendly with scuba divers in the islands for at least the last 25 years. And the bottlenose dolphins have well, acted just like dolphins always behave by surfing in our bow wave and making the occasional appearance mid-water off at a distance. And then 2 1/2 […]
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