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New Dive Sites, Blue Water Scuba Diving, Dolphin Diving; a True Expedition

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-01-24
By Nautilus Staff on January 24th, 2008 in Archive

Finally we went to a new site on the north east side of San Benedicto and found some interesting rock formations with lots of reef life and what appeared to be a moray eel the colour of a Clarion Angelfish. Definitely a place for further investigation. On the run home we came up with a list of possible names for the newly explored sites including Whale Sound, Booby Prize, The Act of Waiting on a Rock and Watching Barnacles although none have been adopted at this time. Maybe a few more dives on the sites will bring out the personality of the sites and the names will become obvious.

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  • Tags blue water diving, booby birds, dolphins, drift dive, Giant Mantas, hammerhead, hammerhead sharks, humpback whales, manta rays, Mantas, moray eels, new dive sites, north point, Octopus, Punta Tosca, reef fish, San Benedicto, The Boiler, Tiger Shark, Wahoo, whales, whitetip reef sharks

Giant Manta Rays, Silvertip Sharks, the Sound of Humpback Whales and a Whale Shark at Roca Partida

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-01-21
By Nautilus Staff on January 21st, 2008 in Archive

Typically, we do not see whale sharks once the water cools off during December since they prefer warmer waters however, with a warm current coming through this 20-25 foot animal provided much excitement and photographic opportunities as it swam within feet of the divers on their safety stop. Then, just so that there was no fighting amongst the guests, the whale shark stayed around for dive 4 so that almost everyone got to see it.

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  • Tags humpback whales, Nautilus Explorer, Roca Partida, silvertip sharks, silvertips, Whale Shark, whales

Calm Seas, Variable Currents, Giant Mantas, Sharks and Humpback Whales

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-01-18
By Nautilus Staff on January 18th, 2008 in Archive

Then off to Socorro to check in with the Mexican navy and dive Punta Tosca with the manta, tiger and hammerhead sharks on dive day 2 followed by Cabo Pearce on dive day 3. Our first dive at Cabo Pearce had great visibility and almost no current.  It was a relaxing dive with a few sightings of dolphins and sharks off the outer point along with a group of Barberfish patiently waiting for something to clean.  At times they even moved over to the scuba divers to see if they needed a clean.

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  • Tags barberfish, cabo pearce, cleaning stations, dolphins, eels, el canyon, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, humpback whales, jacks, manta rays, Mantas, Nautilus Explorer, Octopus, Punta Tosca, reef fish, Roca Partida, sharks, silky sharks, silvertip sharks, silvertips, The Boiler, tiger sharks, whales

Cooler Water, More Shark Encounters and the Possibility of Whales

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-01-11
By Nautilus Staff on January 11th, 2008 in Archive

The upside of this cooling is that the larger oceanic sharks start appearing. We saw a group of 6 silvertip sharks and 4 galapagos sharks patrolling “fish alley” where the large schools of jacks and bonitos hang out. There seems to be a hierarchy in the shark world whereby silkys are displaced by galapagos which in turn are displaced by silvertips.

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  • Tags galapagos sharks, Giant Mantas, humpback whales, manta rays, Mantas, Roca Partida, shark alley, sharks, silky sharks, silvertip sharks, tuna, whales

Great Hammerhead Shark??

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2007-12-03
By Nautilus Staff on December 3rd, 2007 in Archive

Divemaster Sten reports that the swell made it impossible to stage scuba dives at The Boiler but that did not matter as they found giant mantas at El Canyon. They also got the Hammerhead sharks going in circles. Some thought one shark was a great hammerhead shark as it was 12 feet long  (and passed very close by the divers)!! Sten and divemaster Tricia confirmed that it was just a very large scalloped hammerhead shark however. An unusual sighting was when on a surface period a pod of False Killer whales passed by.

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  • Tags el canyon, false killer whales, giant manta rays, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, Mantas, San Benedicto, scalloped hammerhead shark, The Boiler, whales

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

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