Located 240 miles (390 kilometres) from the Baja Peninsula, the four Revillagigedo Islands are among the best diving locations in Mexico. Of the, Socorro Island is the most famous. It’s so well-known that usually the group of islands are commonly known as the Socorro Islands rather than its proper name, the Revillagigedo Islands. Advanced divers flock to these islands and its neighbours for fantastic encounters with the many pelagic species that calls these islands home..
The islands in uninhabited and is also a National Park and the only people living on the islands is military navy personnel. The islands is all about diving an the nly way to dive these islands is by joining one of the many liveaboard vessels that offer tours to the Archipelago. These vessels depart from Cabo San Lucas and generally spend 7-10 nights around the this island and its neighbours. It takes approximately 24 hours to reach this remote destination from the mainland.
Socorro Island diving is normally carried out at Cabo Pierce and there is a total of 6 registered dive sites around the island. Other popular dive sites on Socorro Island is Roca O'Neal, a.k.a O'Neal Rock, a.k.a Hammerhead Central is, as you might expect, a great place for sighting scalloped hammerhead sharks. You will not forget the first time that a school of hammerheads appears before you weaving their way into the current and slowly you realise that there is not just 1 or 5 or 10 but probably more than you can count as you gaze out from the rocky slope in slack-jawed wonder.