Tag: Roca Partida

Flat calm crossing

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro
Post date 2007-02-10

By Nautilus Staff on February 10th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Had a great run from Roca Partida straight back to Cabo San Lucas. Sometimes it is a rough crossing with 6 – 8ft seas. Most of the time it is pretty nice, with the ship gently pitching up and down and an easy roll from side to side. And sometimes it is flat calm. This crossing was so calm that it was as if we were already tied up to the dock!

Tags cabo pearce, dr. bob rubin, giant manta rays, manta science, Mantas, Punta Tosca, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, the aquarium, The Boiler, The Canyon

Leaping wahoo and tuna at Roca Partida

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro
Post date 2007-02-07

By Nautilus Staff on February 7th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

We have never seen so many yellowfin tuna in one place. They all seem to be 100 pounds or more, which is a very big tuna! The action got especially hot off the back of the Nautilus Explorer yesterday afternoon as the tuna and wahoo literally exploded out of the water in giant leaps as they chased down their prey. It is quite something to see a 100-pound tuna jump out of the water 200 feet away from the ship.