Tag: yellowfin tuna

Giant manta ray migratory route

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro
Post date 2007-02-27

By Nautilus Staff on February 27th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Highlights included a huge bait ball of skipjacks being hunted by silky sharks and 100-pound yellowfin tuna, a group of five hammerhead sharks that approached within 40 feet of the divers and a blue water drift dive looking for pelagics. All the usual Roca Partida critters were present, including over 30 white tip reef sharks, silky and Galapagos sharks and some curious wahoo.

Tags bait ball, clarion island, dr. bob rubin, galapagos sharks, giant manta rays, hammerhead sharks, manta science, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, Sea of Cortez, silky sharks, skipjacks, Wahoo, white tip reef sharks, yellowfin tuna

Amazing dolphins acting like puppies

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro
Post date 2007-02-04

By Nautilus Staff on February 4th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

We dove the same site 2 hours later and there was virtually no current, beautiful blue water and a couple of curious mantas circling around as well as 4 bottlenose dolphins pressing their noses on the descent line acting as if they were puppies resting their chins on the edge of a table. The dolphins were squeaking away and laying their heads sideways to look at the divers. Totally amazing.