A playful sea lion with beautiful eyes at Cedros Island

Guadalupe-Socorro Combo Trip Kicks off the Socorro Season

By on December 3rd, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro

We had Great Whites in Guadalupe, lots of California Sea Lions on the way down south, now Giant Mantas and Silky sharks and dolphins…all in one trip, and the best still lays ahead.

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Diving in Socorro

Happy Guests in Socorro

By on July 9th, 2018 in Guests, Sea of Cortez, Socorro

Another day, another awesome Manta dive on the Nautilus UnderSea! Our dive guides, Sten and Juan seem to summon them to us with their amazing telepathic skills – either that or we have just been lucky. Seriously though, we have dived all over the world and have never met mantas so curious and friendly.

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Dancing Mantas, Photo by Howard Hall

Some Socorro Highlights

By on July 7th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

📷 By the amazing Howard Hall We are wrapping up another fantastic trip to this beautiful archipelago. The weather has not been the most cooperative this time but we were able to get in some amazing dives none the less. We started out the trip on the sheltered side of San Benedicto at the Canyon, with […]

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Underside of a Giant Manta at Socorro

DMs Say Goodbye to Socorro for the Season

By on July 6th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

On the last day of diving at Roca Partida we had pretty much everything; lots of sharks, mantas, tunas schooling, dolphins, and a massive whale shark that just kept doing loops around the rock (we got to see it on three dives!).

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Manta plays in bubbles at Socorro

A Tiger Shark and more at The Canyon

By on June 29th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

We had a big tiger shark greet us as we were cruising along the lava flow, it was about 12-14ft long. I have never seen so many young silver tips, I counted 18 at one time, plus a dolphin, huge hammerheads and silkies! What a way to do a check out dive!

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Magnificent Manta by The Jenny Fish

Guest Zoe’s Adventure at The Boiler and More

By on June 27th, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

The magnificent mantas graced us with their presence at the Boiler, and at a really close distance too! There were lots of white tip reef sharks and some silver tips as well.

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A solo giant manta at Socorro

From the Sea of Cortez to Socorro

By on June 25th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

After a relatively calm navigation, we arrived at San Benedicto not knowing what to expect given the two hurricanes that hit the islands in two weeks. But everything was there just as we left it: a playful pod of dolphins, four mantas, some isolated hammerheads and Galapagos sharks to make a great start in Revillagigedo!

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