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Scuba diving rocked at Roca Partida, Socorro

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2009-04-11
By Nautilus Staff on April 11th, 2009 in Archive

Location: Roca Partida, Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico We started of with going out visiting a big group of hammerhead sharks a bit outside of the rock. In several moments we were in the middle of the sharks looking in all directions; seing this beautiful graceful hammerhead in the middle of the blue just floating around […]

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  • Tags bonito, dolphin, Galapagos Shark, Hammerhead shark, Humpback Whale, mexico, Revillagigedos, Roca Partida, silvertip shark, socorro island, tuna, Whale Shark

Giant manta ray attacked by a silky shark

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-04-05
By Nautilus Staff on April 5th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Anyways, when a large black manta came in towards our divers, the silky took off towards the manta and hit it really hard in the gill area. Really hard! The giant manta took off and that was the last that anyone saw of it. It’s all very interesting as we’ve always wondered why sharks don’t attack the mantas (it is very rare to see bite marks on a manta). I guess they do!! 

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  • Tags black manta, giant manta, Punta Tosca, silky shark, socorro island

Slow Trip for Giant Manta Ray Sightings

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-04-04
By Nautilus Staff on April 4th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

We spent the rest of the day at Cabo Pearce where the diving was very good. Divers saw a large school of hammerhead sharks above the outer cleaning station (in approximately 50 feet of water), smaller groups of hammerhead sharks as well as Galapagos and silky sharks.

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  • Tags cabo pearce, ecotourism, galapagos sharks, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, Mantas, Navy Base, silky sharks, socorro island

Friendly giant manta ray interaction with divers

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-03-11
By Nautilus Staff on March 11th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

The west side of Socorro Island has beautiful rolling hills with low green vegetation that is gradually turning brown as the residual moisture from last summer’s hurricane season drys up. Divers lucked out with a large and very friendly giant manta ray that stuck with them for a great interaction during one dive. Humpback whales were all around and spent their day breaching, fluking and singing whale songs that could be heard underwater.

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  • Tags el canyon, giant manta, humpback whales, manta, Punta Tosca, socorro island, The Boiler, whale songs

One giant manta ray cruising by divers

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-03-10
By Nautilus Staff on March 10th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

The outer cleaning station (one of our favourite dives at Socorro Island, first recommended to us by cinematographer Bob Cranston) had very good dive conditions with calm seas and mild current, five scalloped hammerhead sharks and one Galapagos shark. One giant manta ray cruising by didn’t seem interested in interacting with the divers. And, of course, the ever-present silky sharks shadowed the divers, curious but not aggressive.

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  • Tags cabo pearce, Galapagos Shark, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, humpback whales, kayaking, Mantas, silky sharks, silky snorkel, socorro island, whales

Schooling juvenile silvertip sharks

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-03-07
By Nautilus Staff on March 7th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

Captain Dave reports that on their first morning dive at El Canyon at San Benedicto Island, divers saw two hammerhead sharks swimming alongside a school of silvertip sharks. Some of the Silvertips were very small, measuring less than 2.5ft. Meanwhile, one of the hammerheads was huge for a scalloped hammerhead – an estimated 12 feet!

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  • Tags el canyon, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, Mantas, plankton bloom, silvertip sharks, socorro island, The Boiler

Amazingly loud humpback whale song

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-02-28
By Nautilus Staff on February 28th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

Captain Dave reports that humpback whales were singing so loudly today that guests could hear the song inside the lower deck staterooms on the Nautilus Explorer!!! It was quite something for our guests while on their dive. In-water visibility was down on the east side of Socorro Island, with lots of phytoplankton in the water column. While this made it hard to spot big pelagic animals off the outer cleaning station at Cabo Pearce, the guests were rewarded with a great show of feeding behaviour by the giant manta rays. 

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  • Tags cabo pearce, cephalic fins, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, humpback whales, Octopus, socorro island, whale song

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