San Benedicto round two! What better way to finish the trip off than as we started her. Mantas Baby. Giant mantas. Not only mantas though unexpectedly, as we came back to San Ben for, but dolphins, hammerhead sharks and an extra little surprise too! As the sun’s rising, painting the horizon from a gradual red […]
Read MoreDecember 11th, 2013 Bright and Early before Sunrise, up comes the Anchor at San Benedicto, the Canyon. Socorro Island. To the Boiler we go! Around the corner on the east end of San Ben about a mile off, lies an awesome pinnacle in 150ft of water right to 15ft below the surface. Clearly able to […]
Read MoreI’m back again, I’m Silvia from the Nautilus Explorer, finally we are back at Socorro Island after some great trips in Guadalupe!!!! It was a super trip with good weather, sea conditions and fantastic diving!!! This is the boiler, one of my favorite dive sites of San Benedicto Island… the visibility was almost 120 feet […]
Read MoreLocation: The Canyon and the Boiler, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedos, Mexico Our last Socorro Island trip for the season is a bit different than normal; we have a film team that only are focused on giant mantas and filming them just at the brightest hours of the day in their natural light and the […]
Read MoreLocation: The Canyon, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Baja California We had bigger seas and strong wind today so the divesite Boiler that we did in the beginning of the trip was not to think about, but the Canyon was calm. We descended to the cleaning station, the divers in the water acted perfectly […]
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