Socorro Warm Water Pelagic Trip 2026

Socorro Warm Water Pelagic Trip November 2026

Guided Group Trips

Join Bluewater Travel's group trip to the Revillagigedo Islands in November 2026, often referred to as Mexico's "little Galapagos" due to the incredible diversity of flora and fauna. Here, you'll encounter sharks, jacks, barracudas, humpback whales, and the famous mantas that make Socorro so renowned.

Why Join This Trip?

• Intense focus on repeated encounters with friendly giant manta rays, hammerhead, silvertip & Galapagos sharks, and dolphins
• Prime season for whale shark sightings
• A short 2-hour flight to Cabo from the SouthWest United States
• Travel aboard the intimate and comfortable liveaboard, Nautlius Under Sea
• Fully refundable deposit until 12 months from departure. 

 

 

  

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Trip Overview

Embark on a journey with Bluewater Travel starting and ending in San Jose del Cabo, venturing to the Revillagigedo Archipelago, which includes Socorro Island, Roca Partida, and San Benedicto Island. Sail aboard the Nautilus Under Sea, one of the premier liveaboards cruising to Socorro. Dive up to four times a day and experience close encounters with large pelagics.

Dive Overview

The Revillagigedo Islands offer a once-in-a-lifetime experience with an array of large ocean pelagic animals. Encounter a wide variety of sharks, including hammerhead, tiger, Galapagos, and silky sharks, as well as playful dolphins, tuna, barracudas, and schools of jacks. The islands are also home to the world's friendliest mantas.

Watch some amazing footage from our 2024 Socorro trip, with manta's, whale sharks, dolphins and more

Itinerary

Here's a sample day-by-day itinerary of this trip (subject to change):

• Day 1 (Nov 16) - 
• Our Nautilus owned SeeCreatures is located downtown Cabo San Lucas, near the marina and is your home away from home. We encourage you to fly in early and allow us to arrange for some local diving whether it’s Gordo Banks, Cabo Pulmo or the La Paz whale sharks. Your trip includes a complimentary Backscatter lesson in the afternoon. Our photo pro’s will coach you on how to get that perfect manta image, help set up or service or repair your camera gear and assist with camera rentals. You are welcome to drop your bags off and check-in whenever it’s most convenient, but we ask that you please check-in at SeeCreatures by 7pm latest. Please arrive back to SeeCreatures by 7:15pm for the mandatory safety video before boarding the boat at 8pm.
• Day 2 - 
• Today is a traveling and relaxing day at sea. It is a one day run out to the islands. An orientation briefing will be held in the morning, followed by a fire and boat safety drill. A drill? On holiday? Don’t worry, it is for your safety but we will make it lots of fun. We are proud to have been the first, and some of the only, ISM safety certified passenger vessel dive boats in the world, the same safety certification as the largest cruise ships. We’ll keep you as busy as you like on this sea day with Manta 101 in the afternoon, then you will have a chance to prep your gear, read a book, relax on the sun deck or check out the movie selection on our onboard wifi. We will be watching for the “green flash” at sunset, and while cocktail hour is officially at 7pm every evening, many of our guests enjoy some adult beverages well before that on sea days! We should arrive at San Benedicto Island that evening allowing you a calm night to relax and get a restful sleep before the next morning’s excitement of diving with the friendliest giant mantas in the world.
• Day 3 to 7 – 
• Over five full dive days you will be able to experience some of our favourite sites such as El Canyon, the Boiler, Red Rocks, Roca Partida, Cabo Pearse, Punta Tosca and Roca Oneal. We know that many of our guests want the option of as many dives as possible and we strive to offer an average of four dives a day, other than the day that we do our mandatory check-in at the local navy base when you will likely have the option of three dives. When the weather is really good and the seas are calm, certain dive sites like Roca Partida might become crowded with three or four dive boats in which case park regulations restrict us to offering three dives maximum that day. We cater to divers of all experience levels with what we call “dive butler”. We will quickly zip selfreliant and highly experienced divers straight to the dive site when it opens. Encouraging our newer divers who would like to be with a dive guide from start to finish to take their time gearing up and splash 20- 30 minutes later. Most divers are somewhere in the middle of this and we will shuttle them along with dive guides to the sites with our skiffs running back and forth like taxi cabs! Note that several dives may be quite challenging and not suitable for divers of lower experience levels. The number of dives on offer is subject to weather, the whims of Mother Ocean, and crowding by other diveboats. 
• We will have other stuff going on to keep you as busy as you like with kayaks and paddle boards, shoreline tours, humpback whale watching (January to April), manta ID in the late afternoon and after-dinner presentations. Of course, it’s always your option to find a nice quiet place to relax with a book, have a nice snooze, or maybe have a splash in our sparkling clear hot tubs.
• Day 8 – 
• We will likely get underway very early this morning for the voyage back to Cabo San Lucas. This is the perfect day to check out photos and videos with the new friends you made onboard, pack your dive gear up and take time to relax before reality sets back in. The islands, the mantas, the sharks and the dolphins are almost “other worldly” and we hope the magic stays with you for a long time.
• Day 9 (Nov 24) - 
• Always a sad time for us. It’s time to say goodbye and disembark the boat in Cabo at 8:30am for either SJD airport or to SeeCreatures in Cabo San Lucas. It doesn’t have to be goodbye for long, we hope to see you again very soon.

Diving Conditions in November

Water temperature will be around 27°C (79°F).

To learn more about what you can expect from this Socorro trip check out our 2024 trip report. You can also read the great reviews of the Nautilus Under Sea & the reviews on diving Socorro here.

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Inclusions

• 8 nights accommodation in a shared occupancy Stateroom
• All meals (continental breakfast, breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert)
• Non-alcoholic beverages and snacks
• Weights, weight belts, aluminum 80’s and air
• Use of kayaks and stand-up paddleboards
• Daily room service and towels
• In-water dive guide
• Mexican taxes

Exclusions

• Marine Park Fee ($490 per person, invoiced in advance)*
• Port Fee ($35 per person, paid onboard)
• Nitrox ($20 per dive day)
• Transfers between airport and meeting point/boat 
• Gift shop purchases and bar
• Optional WiFi (purchased onboard)
• Dive gear rentals
• Gratuity

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