Yesterday at Roca Partida was phenomenal. Had two whalesharks and everyone had multiple encounters on all their dives. One whaleshark was hanging around the stern of the Nautilus Explorer a couple times during the day. Loads of dolphins all day as well on all dives, hanging out with the divers and playing with the whaleshark. […]
Read MoreDivemaster Dan here. Writing from Vancouver, British Columbia where I left the warm water and wonderful pelagics behind for “doing time” in the office (it’s actually really easy – I just talk to people all day about how cool it is to have a staring contest with a Great White Shark from only 4 feet away, […]
Read MoreThe sea state was actually not too bad when I woke up this morning at 0530 for my turn on watch. A fairly long 6-10′ from the NW which we were riding over quite smoothly. I must have done something to upset the ocean G*ds though because around 20 minutes after I stepped onto the […]
Read MoreSo after finishing up last day diving in San Benedicto and Socorro Island with A LOT of hammerhead sharks at the Canyon and actually no big animals at the Boiler we decided to run north to the Sea of Cortez for a couple of days of scuba diving. . We met som decent waves on […]
Read MoreWhat a difference one charter can make: we were out at the Boiler by San Benedicto Island and had variable sea conditions and challenging diving for our film production crew, today nothing but flat calm and sunny. In fact, what more can one say about a 26 hour transit from Cabo San Lucas, South to […]
Read MoreToday was a special day!! We arrived at Roca Partida in the early morning to humpback whales around the little island. Now, I’ve seen humpback whales before, but in my 25 years of diving, it was the very first time I actually saw one underwater. Every trip to Socorro and Revillagigedo is pretty much guaranteed […]
Read MoreThis day will stay in our memories forever; We saw a real huge and curious whale shark at Roca Partida. It came really close by and returned twice, which offers me the great opportunity to take photos as well. Awesome!!! Next to that we saw a big school of hammerheads and silvertips almost on every […]
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