Maya’s ode to Roca Partida

Just when we were wondering how it could get any better… our eyes adjust looking out into the blue water as the famous spots of the largest fish in the ocean appear. A school bus of a giant female *WHALESHARK!!* cruises past us, only to be followed by a couple chevron and black manta rays.

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Socorro’s best marine life & “Mantastic” Safety Stops

Between the impressive passes around Manta Rock and “mantastic” safety stops in the blue, no diver was left out on the manta sightings for our first day.

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Guest Fernando’s Report

Comecamos muito bem este segundo dia de mergulho. Logo que estabilizamos a profundidade, vimos as pequeñas covas cheias de White tip sharks descansando. Ao sairmos navegando, o primeiro encontro com Whale shark. Logo em seguida, um imenso cardume com galapagos sharks, dusk sharks, hammerhead sharks, silver tips… wonderful! – Fernando Avellar, Brasil

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The way the ocean used to be?

Schools of Galapagos sharks, Juvenile Whale shark being pursued by Galapagos sharks, Big school of hammers, silkies, silvertips, various species hunting balls of fish, big healthy schools of trevallies, many many shelves of whitetip sharks resting together, a healthy thriving system. I had to ask my self was this the way the ocean used to […]

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Magical Second time at Socorro

So excited be back at Socorro for the second time. I wish time would just slow down! It’s been full of so many memories and looking forward to even more! The first dive of the trip did not disappoint with a 7 ft Tiger shark. Of course the mantas at the Boiler put on a […]

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Besting 10+ years of diving

Today was our first day of diving and it was amazing! We saw many mantas in the morning and they came right up to us and swam around and around us. I actually made eye contact with one of them! And then there were the sharks….whitetip reef sharks, silvertip sharks, and hammerheads. On two separate […]

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