The Revillagigedo Archipelago, better known as “Socorro”, is located about 250 nautical miles south of Cabo San Lucas, in Baja California. This archipelago is made up of 4 islands, and diving is concentrated on three of them: San Benedicto, Socorro and Roca Partida.
The complete isolation of this archipelago in the middle of the Pacific has fostered a concentration of abundant marine life, making it one of the world’s must-visit diving destinations—comparable only to the Galápagos (in fact, the islands are also known as the “Mexican Galápagos” or the “Little Galápagos”) or Cocos Island, thanks to encounters with pelagic fish and large marine species, including a wide variety of up to seven shark species (hammerhead, silky, Galapagos, white-tipped, silvertip, Pacific longimanus, and tiger sharks), giant Pacific manta rays (especially on San Benedicto Island, the best place in the world to enjoy these animals), humpback whales (from January to April), and dolphins.
We must not forget the whale sharks and the large schools of trevally and tuna, as well as endemic species that can only be seen in Revillagigedo.
