Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni)

Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni) & Becca Young Diver

Underwater Photographer Ascending Roca Pardita, Mexico

Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni) & Becca Young Diver 2

Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni) Near Surface (See Bird Above?)

Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni) Fly By

Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni) & Diver

San Benedicto, Mexico (The Boiler) Diver 3D Look

Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Vivid Fish Life with Divers

2 Divers with 2 Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni)

2 Giant Pacific Mantas (Manta hamiltoni) w/ Diver Following

Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni) Being Photographed

Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni)

Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni) Hug A Diver

Partial Over Under of Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)

Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni) Near Surface

Over Under of 2 Silky Sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis)

Giant Pacific Manta (Manta hamiltoni) w/ Diver

Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus) Which one is pregnant?

Where is the Manta? Behind You Silly!

Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus) Family Affair

A crew of American and Mexican divers set out from Los Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and boarded the Southern Sport, a 110 foot boat that took approx. 16 divers/underwater photographers on a diving expedition to Socorro, Mexico where we ended up at The Boiler and The Canyons in San Benedicto Islands, Mexico then to Roca Partido for 3 days where we dived with Giant Pacific Mantas, Dolphins, several species of sharks (Galapagos, Hammerheads, Whitetip, Silvertip, Silky, etc.), lots of fish life and more.

The currents, downdrafts and updrafts, vortex and swells were strong at times. You would be at 40 feet then suddenly find yourself at 80-90 feet deep in seconds. This was not a dive for novice divers. The sea life was amazing.

All the images were shot with a Nikon D810 camera in a Seacam housing with 2 Seacam 150D strobes using a Nikkor 16-35mm wide angle lens.

Mantas & Socorro Expedition