Roca Partida is a tiny rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean but apart from die-hard divers, not many people are aware of its existence.
Read MoreI have recently completed a trip to the Socorro Islands aboard the Nautilus Explorer and have been extremely moved by the experience, not only the breathtaking dives in one of the best diving sites in the world but also the incredible hospitality on board the ship.
Read MoreToday we are diving at The Canyon, beautiful first dive. Today we saw around four mantas, three chevrons one black manta, lots of sharks on the cleaning station, Silvertips, Galapagos, whitetips, silkies, hammerheads, and one black tip, one group could see a pod of eight bottlenose dolphins.
Read MoreSo far we have dived 2 times and they were pretty good dives, on both dives guests did see at least four different mantas, white tips, silver tips, lots and lots of jacks, some tuna hunting, but the superstar of the morning was a big whale shark!
Read MoreOn the first dive at Roca Partida, we are the only boat in the area. White tips, Silver tips, Galapagos, big tunas, and a friendly pod of dolphins during the safety stop. Thanks to our divemaster Juan David for having such an incredible underwater vision!
Read MoreWe are anchored at Punta Tosca and the conditions are very favorable with calm seas, light winds. There are cloudy skies with blue sky patches and surface visibility is very clear. We have done two dives at Punta Tosca and today it was really good. In the first dive, all the groups saw dolphins up to around 20 with five of them coming right in and playing with some of the divers.
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There is a common belief among divers that check-out dives are not the best dives of a trip. In the expeditions to Socorro Islands, you can expect top-class diving from the first dive. We usually do our check-out dive from the stern of the boat in a dive site called Fondadero in San Benedicto Island. It is a good practice because everybody is relaxed and has time to do the final adjustments to their gear and weights. Relax divers always have good luck! This week our check-out dive was a blast! The current was mild, the visibility was 60 ft and the animals were all waiting for us. We saw one chevron oceanic manta and one black manta cleaning. While we were enjoying the mantas two adult bottlenose dolphins came by to call for some attention. They were scratching each other and closing their eyes while they were doing it. It seemed that they were enjoying it very much. They swam in circles around us three times. It was a magical moment. Oceanic mantas, dolphins, silvertips, whitetips on a check-out dive can happen only in Revillagigedo islands! Love on the first dive!
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