Undersea – End of Socorro Season!

As Larry implemented the tradition of end of season, all the crew gather on the swim step of the boat and jump in the water with our uniforms on. It’s been a great season and an amazing way to finish it, Several mantas, tiger sharks, huge tunas, wahoos, silvertips, all the whitetips, and Roca. Magic […]

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Checked out by a Tiger Shark!

Roca Partida: Day 2 Nautilus Under the Sea and its crew were fantastic at accommodating our party of rEvo closed-circuit rebreathers (they were able to provide complete rental tanks and absorbent, too!). The staff has experience with rebreathers, and knowing the advantage of silent diving, offered to drop us in as the first divers of […]

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Enjoying huge schools of jacks, white-tip reef sharks, a few hammerheads and even a tiger shark on the last dive, all with the beautiful orchestra of humpback songs playing in the background

Enroute from Socorro Islands to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Humpback whale season has officially started here at the Socorro Islands this year. They started appearing at the islands in small numbers earlier in the month of January, but their numbers have increased noticeably in the past week. Around the midway point of this current expedition […]

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03 May, 2011 – A Giant Manta Ray with 14 ft wingspan had decided to perch itself on my head… – Isla Socorro, Mexico

After a relatively slow day the previous day at Cabo Pearce on the east side of Socorro Island, yesterday we moved to one of our favorite divesites on the west side called Punta Tosca. We arrived the night before last and after dinner we had our weekly snorkel with the silky sharks. With all of […]

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Guest Blog – Hammerheads, and what I am Certain was a Tiger Shark – Clipperton

Another sunny day at Clipperton. Today diving around the NE side of the island. A lot of activity on the reef for the pre-breakfast dive with White Tip Reef and Galapagos sharks cruising in. If you hung around too long a Moray would be over to check you out. Excitement on the third dive: hammerheads […]

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Landing on top of giant manta rays on our first dive -Divemaster and guest log – english & spanish – April 4 – 5, 2010.

We came up at Cabo Pearce after our traditional navy inspection. Setting the anchor with a decending line for making it it easy for divers out on the lava finger that have been poured out from Socorro Islands Mount Everman. We dive it down for our scuba divers and move it to the place close […]

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24 hour crossing was not our most pleasant ride of the season with moderate winds and a bit of a roll – February 4, 2010

Location: San Benedicto, Socorro Islands, Baja California South, Mexico After a very successful dive expedition last week, on Wednesday we set out once more from Cabo San Lucas for the 220 nautical mile voyage to the rugged volcanic Islas of the Revillagigedo, better known as the Socorro Islands, offshore Mexico. The 24 hour crossing was […]

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