Trip Report Socorro Jan 2021 Diving Trip Report

[Dan]

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).

Thanks for your kind words!

The DM’s did excellent job and I like Pato’s drawings of the dive sites. They illustrate the the underwater scenes very well.

They also did the dive briefing very well. You don’t want to miss them when you’re there.

 

[DavidGuo]

@Dan

it's impressive you can saw so many things in January especially hammerhead. I thought Hammerhead peak season in Socorro is about April to June. Based on your experience/research, is school hammerhead OFTEN seen in Socorro? If Indonesia trip is not viable this year due to quarantine, I may plan for Socorro instead, but want to check out hammerhead for sure.

 

[Dan]

@Dan

it's impressive you can saw so many things in January especially hammerhead. I thought Hammerhead peak season in Socorro is about April to June. Based on your experience/research, is school hammerhead OFTEN seen in Socorro? If Indonesia trip is not viable this year due to quarantine, I may plan for Socorro instead, but want to check out hammerhead for sure.

I was in Socorro in May 2021 too. There were hammerheads then, but not as many as what I saw in January 2021.

 

[Dan]

Even on my December 2018 trip, I saw schooling of hammerheads in much greater numbers than in May.

Trip Report - Socorro 22-30 December, 2018 Trip Report

Summary This is a nine-day (22-30 December, 2018) liveaboard trip to Revillagigedo Archipelago, or it’s a better known as Socorro, with Nautilus Undersea. The itinerary, as shown in Table 1, includes 5 days of diving, 4 dives / day, except 1 day during Navy check-in, to a total of 19 dives and a...

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[scubaNYC16]

I was just there 12/23-12/31 and we saw schooling hammerheads a bunch of time.

 

[Dan]

I was just there 12/23-12/31 and we saw schooling hammerheads a bunch of time.

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[Fusionfallinfo]

@Dan
Hey Dan, I see Nautilus offers two tank sizes 12L and 15L? Do you reserve that during check-in? I'm looking at getting a 15L tank but not sure what's that in CF. Is 15L a HP 130CF tank? I like to have a 100Cf tank.

 

[Dan]

@Dan
Hey Dan, I see Nautilus offers two tank sizes 12L and 15L? Do you reserve that during check-in? I'm looking at getting a 15L tank but not sure what's that in CF. Is 15L a HP 130CF tank? I like to have a 100Cf tank.

I think 15L tank is equivalent to 100cf tank with different aspect ratio (short & fat instead of tall & skinny)

 

[Fusionfallinfo]

I think 15L tank is equivalent to 100cf tank with different aspect ratio (short & fat instead of tall & skinny)

Thank you very much. Been reading all your past trip report to prepare for my trip.

 

[Dan]

The 15L tank in the boat could be a steel tank that would require less dive weight that you would normally use for Aluminum tank. You’ll find out the appropriate dive weight you’ll need during your check out dive (1st dive of the trip), which is usually in the shallow area in San Benedicto. DM would be diving next to you to help you getting the appropriate dive weight.