San Ignacio Gray Whales
Extraordinary Interaction & Experience
Location: San Benedicto, Socorro Islands, Baja California South, Mexico After a very successful dive expedition last week, on Wednesday we set out once more from Cabo San Lucas for the 220 nautical mile voyage to the rugged volcanic Islas of the Revillagigedo, better known as the Socorro Islands, offshore Mexico. The 24 hour crossing was […]
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 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 MoreLocation: San Benedicto, Islas Reviegigedos, Baja California, Mexico At day break this morning, we pulled up anchor and headed for The Boiler at San Benedicto Island. The mexican navy has closed Socorro Island for the next month or so but that’s fine with us and our guests because we think the very best diving is […]
Read MoreLocation: The Canyon and Boiler dive sites, San Benedicto Island, Socorro Islands, Baja California, Mexico Two dives = Whale shark, Giant Manta Rays, hammerheads, and dolphins! Our ocean safari started right out of the gate this week after departing Cabo San Lucas under a beautiful blue sky and a gentle breeze on the morning of […]
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 […]
Read MoreLocation: Canyon and The Boiler dive sites, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedo’s, Mexico Finally on Day 4 of this trip we got our giant mantas! You never know when the big animals are going to show up on these trips. Sometimes it’s right at the beginning. And sometimes it’s not until the last 2 days. […]
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