A silvertip keeps an eye on the cameraman at Socorro. Photo by Dan Tirtowidjojo

Wrapping up 2018 with Sharks, Dolphins and Mantas at Socorro

By on January 2nd, 2019 in Guests, Socorro

Possibly the best dive I’ll ever have in my life at Cabo Pearce dive site! Many manta rays, 8 dolphins, hammerheads – can you imagine? Wowee!

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A manta and it's entourage. Photo by Yves Lefevre

A Manta Ballet and a Wall of Hammerheads

By on December 17th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

Today I got the chance to witness two Bottlenose dolphins playing with an oceanic manta and some other divers saw a wall of hundreds of hammerhead sharks, just to make the day even more epic!

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Socorro Rocks with Black Mantas, False Killer Whales and More

By on December 14th, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

Great boat. Great staff. Dive operation really smoothly run. Mantas on every dive so far, schooling hammerheads, false killer whales and more

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A beautiful manta soars at Socorro. Photo by Sharon & Rudolf Zuian

Mantas, Hammerheads, Whales, Dolphins and Tiger Sharks Stun at Socorro

By on December 12th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

Throughout the last few days everyone on board has seen manta rays, schools of Hammerheads, Silky sharks, Galapagos sharks, silvertip sharks, tons of white tips and most have seen a tiger shark or two also!

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An Explosion of Marine Life at the Socorro Islands

By on December 7th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

All groups enjoyed several mantas, a school of about fifty hammerheads came out of the blue into The Canyon, and as usual the cleaning station did not disappoint with a parade of mantas, dolphins, juvenile silvertips and Galapagos all at once.

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we took a vote last night and got an overwhelming majority to stay a third day at Roca Partida

By on January 24th, 2014 in Archive

Another beautiful day today at Roca Partida. We took a vote last night and got an overwhelming majority to stay a third day at the rock. Wx today is great with an easy 5 kts from the ENE and a long 4-5′ NW’ly swell, mostly sunny today and warm. Once again we have the rock […]

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If you can tear your eyes away from the big fish, you’ll find a vertical wall extending straight down for 200 feet with caves filled with resting white tip reef sharks lined up like sardines

By on December 10th, 2013 in Archive

Roca Partida as we know it from the surface is a guano covered rock extending about 100 feet into the air and about 200 feet in length, poking up out of the pacific ocean 60 nautical miles from the nearest island of Socorro. In the bigger picture it is the very tip, the last second […]

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