What you all think about Roca Partida? Socorro, Mexico. June 4th, 2012. (Español)

Hoy en Roca Partida fue un excelente dia, vimos delfines, white tips, silver tips, Galapago sharks, cola amarillas de unos 100 kg muy Buena visibilidad y cada buceo nos dio de que hablar. Las fotos que tome son increibles definitivamente un viaje que nunca voy a olvidar. Toda la vida marina en este lug r es […]

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The Charcoal Black Coloured Giant Manta Swooped Inches Over our Head at San Benedicto Island. Socorro, Mexico. May 30, 2012.

How was it diving at the Boiler with the Mantas?! It was great, we saw tons of wildlife on the walls of the Boiler and then the giant Mantas came into the picture. Amazing they would come right up to you make eye contact and then swoop right over your head. It was so cool! […]

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Hurricane Bud and the Nautilus Explorer: The Last Chapter. Socorro, Mexico. May 29, 2012.

So Bud which has waffled between a Tropical Storm and a Hurricane, became a hurricane but its direction tracked as predicted by Captain Mike towards the Mexican Mainland and we have transitted overnight out to Isla San Benedicto, site of many dives but without question, “The Boiler” is the place to be. It is the […]

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Hurricane Bud. Captains Log – May 22, 2012. Socorro Island, Mexico.

Captains Log – May 22, 2012 So what’s in a BUD? Not the beer or the Bud you know. I know a few Bud’s and they are all intense. This Bud is a named storm which as it turns out, was going to be close enough to Socorro to potentially pose a problem. Most Tropical […]

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"Dive of my life", "Spiritual", "Ruined for life about diving elsewhere", etc. Socorro, Mexico. May 23, 2012.

Captain’s Log: We made an overnight run out to Roca Partida. Currently we are anchored on top of the remnants of a old volcano created eons ago. It is 270 nautical miles (430 Kilometres) to Cabo San Lucas on the Baja and just over 400 NM (650 KM) to Puerto Vallarta on the Mexican mainland. […]

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Best way to describe the diving is sharky… gotta run, steak time!! Socorro, Mexico. May 22, 2012.

We have just wrapped our 3rd day of diving at Roca Partida and our 5th of this 9 day expedition to the Islas Revillagigedo, commonly known as the Socorro Islands. Tonight we will run the 75 nautical miles back to the gentle giant manta rays of Isla San Benedicto for our last day of diving. […]

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"…it's a life changing experience.". Socorro, Mexico. May 18, 2012.

Dear staff at Nautilus (and Mike), I just want to extend a thank you for the great trip. What a marvelous experience! The boat is great, the crew superb. I particularly appreciated Joel for his help in the dives, I only had 35 dives on my logbook, that making me the least experienced diver on […]

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