Today was the day!

Wow folks! Today was the day!
Our first day at the majestic Roca Partida was outstanding, in the first morning dive, as soon as we were going down the Galapagos and Silvertip sharks welcomed us, of course the Whitetip Reef sharks did it, too. After hanging out with the sharks, we went around the rock and found the massive school of Bonitos being herded into a baitball by silvertips, galapagos and
silky sharks, it was really good, it was one of those dives that Roca likes to offer to its visitors.
In our second dive, the conditions had changed a lot, the current picked up and we got the chance to see some dolphins in a distance, but they didn´t show any interest with us this time.  On the third dive however, about 25 bottlenose dolphins made ourt dive 35 minutes of non-stop dolphin action chasing hundreds of 200 pound yellow fin tunas,  and a lots of silkies that tried to catch a tuna, wow! This time these guys made the dive, we couldn´t dive any longer, we all got low on air because of all the swimming we had to do to keep up with the action! The conditions were great, so we're planning on staying here another day! 
Stay tuned for more Roca´s news!
¡Hasta la vista!
Erick Higuera

The Solmar V had a great day today and it`s only the beginning.

Hola everybody!
The Solmar V had a great day today and it`s only the beginning.
It was our first day of the trip nd we arrived to San Benedicto around 4:30 pm. We decided to check out Las Cuevas. The visibility was great at 60 ft plus (20m+) and the water temp was very warm at 75 degrees (F). We started the dive with a large male green sea turtle swimming by, we thought that was a good sign. The caves were very clear and filled with fish. There were even a few white tip reef sharks sleeping in the corner. We tried not to disturb them and started for the shallows. There was a turtle then, then another, and another. Excited by the turtle surprise we watched quietly and watched them circle us. Along the small ledge that borders the shallows was another cave filled with white tip reef sharks. They allowed us to creep very close and seemed not to be bothered. After
our shark interaction, we wacthed an octopus hunt in the light of day. The bluefin trevally were harassing the poor guy and nipping at the octopus everytime it almost caught something. Finally we slowly made our way to the boulder area that borders the sand. There were lots of giant pacific electric rays, that are not giant at all by the way. We even saw at least a dozen southern stingrays. This dive was terrific and a nice way to start our trip. Our divers were good so we decided to motor to Roca Partida tonight!
Here`s to more great dives!
Until Next Time,
Dave Valencia

Dolphins at el Boiler!

San Benedicto, El Boiler!
We know diving is a ton of fun and diving this area can be full of excitement, so our expectations were high.  Our first dive of the morning took place mostly on the west side of the rock with dolphins at all different depths, some of us had them in front, others underneath our fins doing what they seem to enjoy the most, ---slowly free fall into depth belly up---  while another group of divers had them almost on the surface! So dolphins every where we can say! We saw4 hammer head and 1 Galapagos sharks were swimming circles in a small area near the bottom while we were playing with the dolphins, although we made it all the way around the
rock we didn't find any mantas on this dive! We had beautiful blue water, no current, lots of
fish and a 75°F temperature!
A second dive took place at Cabo Fear in San Benedicto, water conditions were still just about perfect. A we decided to swim away from the dive site and out into to the blue.  A massive school of jacks were there making a spiral shape, a silky shark went by and got lost in the jacks. A hammerhead followed suit, and as we made our way back towards the reef, we noticed a green sea turtle gliding along the bottom below us. More dolphins showed up during our safety stop, so some of our guests got their scuba gear off and jumped back in with just a snorkel, mask, and fins!  We also found a baitball that had sailfish and 15-20 silky sharks!  

We ended our day at el Canon with hammerheads and lots of burrito grunts! Stay tuned for the video trip report!

Dive Inst
Daniel Zapata

Roca Partida was once again astonishing!

After 3 days of wind, we finally made it to Roca Partida and once again, it was astonishing!
 We did 3 dives and all of them were full of hundreds of Black, Whitemouth and Bigeye Jacks, besides the Whitetip Reef Sharks that always find shelter in the pockets of Roca.
In the morning dive, the silvertip sharks were pursuing a massive school  of bonitos that swam in all directions trying to escape from these predators. By the second dive the pursuit has ended and the silvertip and galapagos sharks came back to the wall to patroll the pinnacle, which it was great because we could get as many close ups as we wanted.
While one of our group of divers drifted along of schooling Hammerhead Sharks, another group played with a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins that escorted a group of 200 pounds Yellowfin Tunas.
Every single diver had incredible moments with the pelagic life that normally shelters at Roca.
Tonight we will back to San Bencedicto to give another try to the Mantas for one more last time before we head back to Cabo San Lucas.
Stayed tuned and wait to hear the news from San Benedicto, maybe baitballs, maybe sailfishes, maybe dozens of Mantas…You never know what you might run in to, let’s see what we find!
Erick Higuera

We started our day with a dolphin dive!

Hi all from Isla Socorro!!

Our dive site today was CABO PEARCE. We started our day with a pod of 12 dolphins having a blast surfing the waves while we were making our way to the dive site! When we dropped in the water we noticed the water was a bit warmer 77F unless you found a refreshing cold water pocket, then temps dropped into the low 70s.  We hung out over the cleaning station where the dolphins showed up to play with us! We had the opportunity to swim along side them only an arm's reach away at least 4 different times on the same dive! The dolphins made sure to stop by one last time during our safety stop!  On dives two and three we swam along the reef and out into the blue where we found a few hammerheads, while the silky and Galapagos sharks were swimming above us!  On the reef we found lots of octopus, flounders, zebra moray, tiger reef eel, and a bunch of clarion angelfish, which can only be found at the Revillagigedos!

Our fist dive day started with a big playful pod of 25 dolphins!

Our fist dive day started with a big playful pod of 25 dolphins! We started our dive week diving at El Boiler with a water temperature of 74F/23C and a clear blue water of over 100´/30m visibility and no current. The top of the pinnacle was covered of hundreds of Bigeye Jacks that tried to escape of the dolphins, for us that gave us a great opportunity to capture awesome pics and video footage. These dolphins played all dive long with all 3 groups of divers.
We did 2 more dives in El Boiler, unfortunately the Mantas didn´t come by, they might be feeding in Socooro Island, anyway, we still had great dives checking the Whitetip Reef Sharks that always patrol El Boiler and swimming in between the massive school of Jacks. We decided to move to Las Cuevas to finish our dive day and I guess we made a great decision, because the caves were full of whitetip reef sharks, on top of that we also encountered couple friendly Green Turtles. We also saw few juvenile Galapagos Sharks that swam over the reef. Tonight, we´ll head for Socorro Island in the quest of the Pacific Giant Mantas!
Stay tuned!
Erick

Second time was the charm for us here at Roca Partida!

Second time was the charm for us here at Roca Partida. We had to give our guests a second try at our favorite dive site. So when the wind calmed, we went for it and we`re all happy we did.
Today our divers were treated to great weather and great diving. The temperature was a mild 73 degrees F and visibility was nice at 100 ft. plus. As usual, Roca was crawling with white tip reef sharks and fish throughout the water column. In our three dives today, we saw schools of
galapagos, silver tips and silkies sharks down deep. The largest was on our final dive where we saw some sharks circling below us. And when I write below...I mean below. We dropped to about 120ft. and thirty galapagos sharks circled around us for a few minutes very close then continued along the wall. Some divers kept following them, but some waited a little shallower for the sharks to return and they did. It was a great sighting for us. Another highlight was during the first dive we saw a huge school of skip jack tuna, in just seconds before we could do anything all three groups of divers were surrounded  by this massive school of fish!. The school pulsed with movement reacting to some silvertips swimming through the large school. There must have been thousands. This was our last day of diving and we had some great and memorable dives..
Now we`re Cabo bound!
Until Next Time,
Dave Valencia