Trip Report Socorro Jan 2021 Diving Trip Report

[Dan]

Socorro mantas like to get their bellies rubbed by diver's bubbles. I have not seen this scene elsewhere. So, I filmed this event when we were diving in The Boiler dive site a couple weeks ago.

 

[DivingChipmunk]

Socorro mantas like to get their bellies rubbed by diver's bubbles. I have not seen this scene elsewhere. So, I filmed this event when we were diving in The Boiler dive site a couple weeks ago.

Amazing. Such magical encounters with Manta! We also saw them in almost every dive in Nov in Socorro, and some of us got quite close, but I don't remember seeing anyone doing the bubble rub.
Thanks for recording and sharing, @Dan!

 

[Dan]

Amazing. Such magical encounters with Manta! We also saw them in almost every dive in Nov in Socorro, and some of us got quite close, but I don't remember seeing anyone doing the bubble rub.
Thanks for recording and sharing, @Dan!

You were also playing with dolphins there too, I bet, like I did

 

[DivingChipmunk]

You were also playing with dolphins there too, I bet, like I did

Yes, we did, and the dolphins definitely came to play with us, like puppies.
We didn't see them till our last dive day, at Roca Partida, while you guys seemed to have had a lot more encounters with them.
Thanks for recording and sharing, @Dan!

 

[Dan]

Yes, we did, and the dolphins definitely came to play with us, like puppies.
We didn't see them till our last dive day, at Roca Partida, while you guys seemed to have had a lot more encounters with them.
Thanks for recording and sharing, @Dan!

I am glad to hear that you have that similar encounter. That's why I'm coming back there again for the third times in May.

 

[Jake 10]

Awesome report! Thanks

 

[Dan]

Awesome report! Thanks

Thanks for your kind words! I'm glad to heat that you like it.

 

[Dan]

Wow. Nice report. I think you saw everything on my diving bucket list. I have to do this some day.

Thanks for your kind words! I'm glad to hear that you like it.

Socorro is truly a fantastic place to dive with playful dolphins, mantas that want their belly rubbed by diver's bubbles, besides seeing the usual suspects (many kinds of sharks, including whaleshark, schooling fish, etc.). I haven't seen such scene in any other dive destinations I went (Galapagos, Cocos, Palau, Maldives, Zanzibar, Pemba, Red Sea, Oman, Bonaire, Utila, Cayman Brac, Tobago, Komodo, Raja Ampat, Alor, Bali, WaKaToBi, Bunaken, Sangalaki, Band Sea)

 

[living4experiences]

What a great trip report! It brought back beautiful memories of my trip last November.

 

[Illini_Fan]

Fantastic report -- thanks for doing it. Also, it is a small thing, but it is really cool that you give credit to each of your photo sources (even the DM whiteboard of the dive site).