Mantas and Tigers and Hammerheads, Oh My!

Roca Partida is a spectacle at the moment. The first dive gave us schooling Whitetips (50+ individuals), Silvertips, Galapagos and Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks.

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

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What are some great white shark misconceptions?

With all the fever and hysteria around shark week, its easy to forget that it is a TV program, designed to entertain and thrill the masses. Often things are exaggerated, misinterpreted or completely made up on shark week programs.

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DMs Say Goodbye to Socorro for the Season

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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Whale carcass drew in a small schools of sharks

Today we had not only 4 amazing dives but the added adventure of a large chunk of whale floating past the boat. Normally I would not consider this a good thing but the 2m sq hunk of humpback whale was providing shelter and nourishment for a variety of fish. Our intrepid Captain Al took a few of us out to get a closer look (and smell unfortunately) in one of the ribs.

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Punta Tosca, Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico

Divemaster Ryan lucked out with the very best encounter of all when a large male humpback whale approached him underwater and hung out with him for a reported 20 minutes. Ryan could barely contain himself when he got back and reported that the whale was close enough to touch. How come I always seem to miss the best dives!?!

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