“ This was my third trip to the Revillagigedo Archipelago, and it has certainly changed for the better since my first dive some 20 years ago. The mantas are still there in great numbers and have not lost their curiosity of divers and their aection for their bubbles, but the other sharks are more plentiful and more curious of divers.”
— Scuba H20 Magazine

Descripción

El Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, junto con las Islas de Cocos y las Islas Galápagos, son la frontera azul del desierto en términos de biodiversidad y grandes encuentros con animales. Ubicado a unas 240 millas al sur de Los Cabos, esta colección de islas San Benedicto, Roca Partida, Socorro y Clarión se encuentran en medio del Océano Pacífico. Hay varios operadores de liveaboard que visitan este lugar y comúnmente ofrecen un liveaboard de ocho días, con seis días de buceo, visitan San Benedicto, Roca Partida y Socorro en un solo viaje.  


Dependiendo de las condiciones, el tablero de vida se moverá alrededor de la isla para encontrar el mejor buceo y visibilidad, pero generalmente Roca Partida es donde todo el mundo queda maravillado. De noviembre a mayo, la principal atracción en Revillagigedo son las mantas gigantes, los delfines nariz de botella, los tiburones martillo y una variedad de especies de tiburones como tiburón sedoso, tiburón galápagos y tiburón puntas plateadas. Si tienes suerte durante estos meses de invierno también puedes encontrar ballenas jorobadas en el agua. El apogeo de los encuentros pelágicos en México ocurren en este lugar, no te arrepentirás de visitar estas islas.

Description

The Revillegigedo Archipielago, alongside Cocos Islands and Galapagos Islands, is the ultimate blue wilderness frontier in terms of biodiversity and big animal encounters. Located about 240 miles south of Los Cabos this collection of islands San Benedicto, Roca Partida, Socorro and Clarion sit in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. There are several liveaboard operators that visit this place and commonly offer an eight day liveaboard, with six days of diving, and visit San Benedicto, Roca Partida and Socorro in one trip. 

Depending on the conditions the liveaboard will move around the island to find the best diving and visibility, but usually Roca Partida is where everyone gets blown away. During November through May, the main attraction in the Revillagigedo are the giant mantas, resident bottle nose dolphins, schooling hammerheads and a variety of shark species like silky, galapagos an silver tips. If you are lucky enough during these winter months you can also encounter humpback whales in the water. The pinnacle of pelagic encounters in Mexico happen in this place, you will not regret visiting these pristine islands.

 

Probabilidad de Encuentros / Probability Encounter Table

Revillagigedo Pelagic Life Tabla Especies Temporada Season.PNG

The Revillagigedo Islands are considered by some to be one of the greatest dive sites for viewing large marine wildlife. For many months we planned an expedition that would take place during a very specific time of the year: spring. Our trip was blessed with all the large pelagics including several species of sharks (galapagos, silky, silver, white tip and hammer heads), big yellowfin tuna, schools of skipjack tuna, humpback whales, dolphins and giant mantas. To our surprise the "Boiler" was the most exciting area in the archipielago. Early & late dives were guaranteed many dolphin and shark encounters, while during midday the giant mantas would harass divers and it was not uncommon to see 6-7 at the same time. Roca Partida, as usual impressed the entire crew with rivers of sharks and a unique morning dive with a pod of +20 playful dolphins. Revillagigedo delivers. Constantly and exceptionally. Thank you SeaEscape for making this possible. Music: Liberation by Harold van Lenep Video/Edit: Jero Prieto

Few times in our busy lives we have the privilege to witness nature at its fullest. On this trip everything was just happening. Baitballs with sailfish, striped marlin and even threshers. A pod of 100+ false orcas patrolling the off shore islands. Schooling Galapagos and Silver tip sharks in +30 numbers. Schooling yellow fin tuna by the hundreds. Schooling silkies in the +200 strong. Plus your usual pelagic visitors in these bio intense and bio diverse waters of Mexico. For more than a year we planed and named this trip Paramount Pelagic. I'm extremely thankful to the sea gods and the good vibes out there, that the trip was able to live up to that name. We are now starting to consolidate the amount of images needed to produce our ongoing project for a short documentary and book "Mexico Pelagico". http://pelagiclife.org/

Logística/Logistics

Operadores Recomendados / Recommended Operators

Nautilus Liveaboards contact info@nautilusdive.com

Southern Sport contact info@clubcontamar.com

Aeropuerto Cercano / Closest Airport

San Jose del Cabo (SJD)

Hotel / Recommended Accomodations

Liveaboard

Transporte Local / Ground Transportation

Shuttle service from Los Cabos (SJD) airport to marina.