Saved the best Socorro diving for the end of the trip. Roca Partida “ROCKS. After celebrating new years, we awoke to a small rock rising out of the ocean. As we rolled of the zodiacs and peered into the depths, silvertip sharks and whitetip sharks greeted us then a dolphin swam by. The silver tip […]
Read MoreTed: Roca Partida Roc(k)ed! Get it?! But really, where in the world can you dive seemingly in the middle of nowhere on a pinnicle 200 feet deep on a volcano 10,000 feet deep? Impressive, to say the least. Quite the little eco system down there too. My favorite was the Silvertip Sharks. They are beefy […]
Read MoreI have been diving for forever, and one of the best dives I have ever done was yesterday at Roca Partida. Every critter you can think of was out there feeding, white tips and silver tips actively hunting, 4 scallop hammer head sharks just hanging in the current, the dive finished up with 2 giant […]
Read MoreOn the way out on our second dive today we are escorted by several bottlenose dolphins. They are waiting for us as we drop in, wanting to play. One hovers vertically in the water posing for photos and almost begging to be petted and stroked. Right below the dolphins is a large black manta circling […]
Read MoreOffered the crew my vegemite which I bought all the way from Oz just for them, but I had no takers. Oh well, I have 5 more days to convince them of its ability to make you the sort of person that when you dive, the fish, they stop they watch. Michael Los buceos de […]
Read MoreLocation: Isla Socorro, Baja California South, Mexico After a very sharky two days at Roca Partida we headed the 65 miles east to the largest of the three islands that we dive here, Socorro, in search of some Manta lovin’! It was a very comfortable overnight transit and our first stop was the navy base […]
Read MoreLocation: Roca Partida, Nov. 17/18 We are back to our dear rock Roca Partida after been taking nautilus Explorer the 70 Nautical miles from San Benedicto. Our Anchor landed on 245 ft of water and we started to get the skiffs in the water and at 7:45 we started to launch our first divers. Finally […]
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