Valentina Socorro !!
【Jan20, 2022 Trip Report #1】
Jan20th, DAY1
17:00 Guest arrival, check in to each cabin.
18:00 General orientation, crew introducing.
20:30 Departure
Jan21st, DAY2
Navigation
08:00 Activity start
10:30 Safety and diving orientation
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Presentation of Revillagigedo national park
19:00 Diner
Jan22nd, DAY3
Isla San Benedicto ( El Cañón )
Very nice ocean condition with visibility 60ft, water temperture 78F.
Per group request, this trip was scheduled with 3dives/day.
Sharks were very active from very first day of diving,
specially hammerhead sharks were all where around the dive area.
Mantas and other sharkes came along with divers as expected,
just looked like telling us ‘welcome to Socorro !!’.
Jan23rd, DAY4
Isla San Benedicto (El Boiler)
Ocean condition was great as same as yesterday.
The first dive was “Mas o Menos” with not enough mantas
but the second and the third was so lit!!
Numbers of mantas came super close to divers, swimming around and around.
Condition looked good and decided to vitist Roca Partida next day.
Even the classic rock hole white tip has gone somewhere
The number is small. Even if I check with other cruise ships, it seems that the situation is the same, and I am honestly disappointed.
Jan24th, DAY5
Roca Partida
Visibility 75ft, water temperture 78F.
Though water condition was great, marine life was not
not very active, this season Roca Partida has not being able to bring out the full potential.
There was several mantas on our first dive but not very much
sharks. Even genuine classic white tip sharks in the caves were out and only a few left there.
Was happening same to all other dive boat and looked like
Roca Partida can not live up to our expectation this season, we’d decided to dive other site for next day.
Jan26-27 th, DAY7&8
Isla San Benedicto ( El Cañón )
Definately El Cañón is the best dive site this season,
way better with great potaintial than Roca Partida.
We stayed whole last two days here and played with mantas and sharks.
A whale calf with the mother appeard and surprised us
while our guest was filming video with a drone, just just incredible!!
Jan28th, DAY9
Navigation day
09:00 Breakfast
11:00 Souevenir shopping
14:00 Lunch
16:00 account
18:00 group photos
19:00 Dinner
Jan29th, DAY10
07:00 Transfer to SJD airport
08:30 Breakfast
10:00 Last team desembarking
11:00 End of the trip, the boat head back to La Paz.