Hello cybernetically-connected landlubbers! And greetings from Roca Partida. The parted rock is interesting from the moment you hear of it. It’s 65 miles from Socorro and San Benedicto and 265 from ‘civilization’ in Cabo San Lucas. And there’s apparently nothing near it. Well, nothing cartographers would speak of, but unless they dive they’re barely scratching […]
Read MoreI haven’t blogged for a couple days now and there’s a good reason for it in case you’re wondering. The weather has been EPIC and I didn’t want to jinx the expedition! But after today and yesterday I simply couldn’t resist telling you all about it anymore. This trip has been blessed with such a […]
Read MoreBack to Roca Partida (Socorro) and we started of well with many silver tips and big Galapagos sharks a bit deeper at ca 80-120 ft. Some hammerheads , but not the massive schools of them. The fish life was crazy so much of creol fish and scissortails that they covered the viz to get any […]
Read MoreAfter my time diving and guiding here on the Island of Socorro and the Revillagigedos. It is now my 5th season and my trip number 54 down here. I skipped my work in palau to come back to Socorro. It is not easy diving and getting in to big animals are not easy. It takes […]
Read MoreLynn: The best scyba dive of my life was today! I descended to 50 feet and took a picture of 8 or 9 whitetip sharks resting on a balcony in the rock. Then I turned around and there was a whaleshark! It came close enough to get great photos. As it moved off, a pod […]
Read MoreTammie Today was the day of the dolphin at Socorro Island… At lunch we spotted some off the starboard side at Punta Tosca and, since I am an avid admirer, I leaped (mid-lunch) at Dan’s suggestion that they might come and interact if we hopped in the water with snorkels. What success! I had 4 […]
Read MoreLocation: Roca Partida, Revillagigedos, Mexico Over two days we got in 8 dives here, and although not quite as active as the previous trip, we still enjoyed plenty of the big fish we came to see, including some friendly and curious dolphin encounters, silver-tip, scalloped hammerhead and Galapagos sharks. A drift dive in the ‘blue’ […]
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