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Mexico (Western)/Revillagigedo Islands /Socorro

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Nautilus Explorer: "An excellent trip for pelagic", Jan, 2021, by Bela Asztalos, MA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 11712 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	This trip to the Revillagigedo Islands, more commonly known as Socorro was in early January (January 7-15). Despite of the high covid season we flow without any trouble from Boston to Los Cabos via Phenix, Arizona. We stayed in the Hotel Tessoro, because the dive shop (Sea Creatures) the Nautilus Dive adventure use for pre board gathering is adjacent to the hotel’s lobby. The check in, including a brief health check by a doctor, vent smoothly. The boat docked about a 3-minute bus drive from the hotel. We boarded late afternoon and the boat set sail in 8 pm. Rooms were nice, food was good. There were plenty room for cameras on the rear deck. Fire safety looked adequate. There were several nitrox gauges to test tanks before diving. Everybody was supplied with a GPS in case of being drifted too far from the zodiac. After about 26 hours of sailing, we saw the first island of the Revillagigedos, San Bennedicto. We had the check in dive here. Boat is stable and relatively fast. Rooms and food were good. Service including in the dinning room and the deck was very professional. There were 18 divers in this trip. The dive master split us into 2 groups, mainly by experience and wish. Water was about 72 Fahrenheit. Nearly everybody used 5mm wetsuit. There were 4-5 ft rolling waves plus the surface was choppy. Visibility underwater was good 50-100 ft. Because the choppy surface light declined fast with depth. We experienced similar conditions during the whole trip. The zodiac took us a couple of 100-yard from the boat. Role in was backward. There was not much space for the cameras in the zodiac. We were better to jump in with the camera in hand. Because of the long sailing, we had only 5 full day diving. Next, we have visited Socorro where the Mexican Coast Guards checked our papers. After 2 days we left to Rocca Partida where we also spent 2 days. The last day was back to San Bennedicto. Most days we had 3-4 dives. We have seen squadrons of manta rays, mobula rays and white tip sharks practically every dive. We have also seen silky, Galapagos, hammerhead sharks. Once dolphins came to us from down. At Roca Partida, white tip shark laid/ hide close to rock cavities sometimes in several tens, packed on top of each other). At Roca Partida we also encountered 2 Whale sharks. Photography was not easy, because of the strong horizontal and occasionally vertical surge. This is the best place if you want to see or take pictures of sharks and large rays. Rays are around year long, but check the seasonal changes of shark species. e]
Websites	Nautilus Explorer [same]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Caribbean, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Palau, Sipadan,
Closest Airport	Los Cabos International Airport	Getting There	From northern cities you have to change airplane somewhere in the south.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	72-74°F / 22-23°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	no restrictions
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	enough place for large cameras. Large freshwater bucket for rinsing camera. Zodiac have no place for camera. It has to go under your legs. Jump into water with camera in hand.

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Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer in Mexico (Western)/Revillagigedo Islands /Socorro

Nautilus Explorer: "An excellent trip for pelagic", Jan, 2021,

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Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer in
Mexico (Western)/Revillagigedo Islands /Socorro