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

A Manta Ballet and a Wall of Hammerheads

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2018-12-17
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By Nautilus Crew 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!

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

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

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2018-12-12
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By Nautilus Crew 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!

An Explosion of Marine Life at the Socorro Islands

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Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2018-12-07
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By Nautilus Crew 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.

A whale shark at Socorro. Photo by Uwe Simon

International Guests Weigh-In on Guadalupe, San Benitos and Socorro

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Categories Guadalupe, Guests, Socorro
Post date 2018-12-05
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By Nautilus Guests on December 5th, 2018 in Guadalupe, Guests, Socorro

An unforgettable trip to Guadalupe to cage dive with Great Whites followed by diving with Sea Lions at Cedros/San Benedict then the Magnificent Mantas around the Socorro group.

A playful sea lion with beautiful eyes at Cedros Island

Guadalupe-Socorro Combo Trip Kicks off the Socorro Season

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro
Post date 2018-12-03
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By Nautilus Crew 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.

Giant Manta Identification, Photo by Miguel Ortiz

Giant Manta Identification in the Revillagigedo Archipelago

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Categories Citizen Science, Guests, Socorro
Post date 2018-07-23
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By Nautilus Guests on July 23rd, 2018 in Citizen Science, Guests, Socorro

I worked with giant manta identification to differentiate each individual, and thus evaluate their population. This helps to obtain important information including how many individuals are in the biosphere reserve, how many mantas are present every season and if there are new mantas every season. It also includes which islands attract more mantas, how many females and males are there, and how the mantas move between the islands.

Socorro Highlights Part 2

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2018-07-11
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By Nautilus Crew on July 11th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

Our first 2 dives were at El Canyon. On the first one, our check-out dive, as soon as we got in the water, a group of five dolphins showed up and with them was the baby dolphin that we have been seeing on the last couple of trips. After the dolphins, we saw a couple hammerheads and three mantas that were swimming around us all the way to the safety stop.