She was a "player" – you don’t feel the same staring a giant manta in the eye – Socorro Island – Guest blog – December 20, 2009

Dave/ Dec 30 \nautilus explorer- Soccorro island Diving started with hammerheads, then slow at the Boiler at San Benedicto Island and then on to Soccorro Islands.  The first day current was ripping. The only players were a silvertip and two whitetips.  Next morning off to Punta Tosca, Soccorro Island.  early morning dive, not much, only […]

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Our first breaching humpack whale this season at Socorro Island

Location: The Canyon and Boiler dive site, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedos Departed Cabo San Lucas first thing yesterday morning and had a smooth easy ride down to Socorro Island.   Which is true almost all the time during the winter season.   We got welcomed by Bottlenose dolphins at San Benedicto Island,  We started up with […]

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The Canyon and The Boiler – Guest blog Dec.28/09

Joey: Today was my first day diving in warm water. We jumped in and the water was very clean compared to the Northwest diving I am used to. I saw a few Clarion Angel fish right at the beginning which were beautiful. Then we swam over to where the the Hammerhead Sharks were. I only […]

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Guest Blog – Dec. 16/09

Aaron – Its 9am and on Wednesday I am usually on my second conference call with Taiwan from my office in NJ.  This time of year it is freezing cold, and dark when I leave for work and return home.  Instead, parked next to the beautiful San Benedicto Island, its 80 degrees with a nice […]

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Diving at Socorro Island never gets old

Location: The Canyon and the Boiler, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Baja California The intense blue sky ardour of yesterday gave way to a selection of brindled pinks and a lurid orange afterglow. The memory of this builds expectation as I find myself in the solitude of another pre-dawn bridgewatch at sea.  Again, a fair crossing from […]

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Dancing with Mantas

Location: The Canyon dive site, Islas San Benedicto, Revillagigedo’s, Baja California Mexico A day at sea could not be more pleasant. If we reached the forecast values for our transit we’d be content for a tranquil crossing, but our voyage was made all the milder by a minuscule chop and a light, amiable swell on our […]

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Guest Blog – Dec.6/09 – Searching for the Hammerheads!

Maggie:    The divemaster made sure I saw the Manta that was only 4 feet above my head…I was staring at my computer and was oblivious to 4 divers waving their arms at me…then I looked up and thought: WOW!!! That made the dive.  And I must have seen every tropical fish in the book today. […]

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