Experience some of the most charismatic animals on the planet
Amazingly friendly mantas and dolphins, 380 great white sharks, most sociable whales in the world, whale sharks, hammerheads and 8 other shark species, huge schools of mobula rays, jacks and all the other wonders of Baja, Mexico.
Your Home at sea
Our liveaboard diving ships were constructed with careful consideration. Relentless and obsessive attention to safety has been a cornerstone of our business from our very early days in the 1980’s.
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Nautilus Explorer
Canadian built
132 feet long
SOLAS safety certified
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Nautilus Belle Amie
Launched in 2015
147 feet long
Ultra-quiet
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Nautilus UnderSea
105 feet long
Full-width superstructure
Enclosed dive deck
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Nautilus Gallant Lady
116 feet long
6 large suites
1,700 horsepower
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We go above and beyond
Excellence in guest experience is all about you. Our focus is to ensure that you as our guest are safe and able to enjoy your vacation to the highest level.
Blogs
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Sea of Cortez Photography Immersion by The Malibu Artist
The Sea of Cortez Photography Immersion is about nature and learning how to photograph it, whether it’s from shore, on the boat, or in the air. We’ll have an opportunity to do each. It’s a fully immersive learning experience in the heart of the Sea of Cortez aboard a state-of-the-art liveaboard. Here’s our photography itinerary. […]
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I Felt like I Was in a BBC Underwater Documentary
The Trip to Socorro was just incredible, even better than I expected or hoped it would be mantas, dolphins, and lots of sharks, I felt like I was in a BBC underwater documentary. The best dives of my life, you don’t get to see that anywhere else.
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Summer in the Sea of Cortez, Whale Watching Season Is Not Over!
The Gulf of California also called the Sea of Cortez is well known to be one of the best places in the world to do whale watching during the winter months (from November to March). However, in our past expeditions during this summer, we have witnessed countless species of whales and toothed whales!
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Sea of Cortez Photography Immersion by The Malibu Artist
The Sea of Cortez Photography Immersion is about nature and learning how to photograph it, whether it’s from shore, on the boat, or in the air. We’ll have an opportunity to do each. It’s a fully immersive learning experience in the heart of the Sea of Cortez aboard a state-of-the-art liveaboard. Here’s our photography itinerary. […]
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Captain’s Noon Reports – Explorer – 2022-06-25
Location: Las Animas Weather: Clear Skies, SE Wind (8-10kts), Calm Seas Yesterday we did two dives at la Reinita, conditions there, light current to the N, good dives with lots of moray eels, scorpion fish, groupers, and snappers, one group could see one turtle. We moved around midnight and we arrive in las Animas early […]
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Airborne
At first, we didn’t really pay much attention to it, but after zooming in with my telephoto, I told Katie that I did not see a boat, and she quickly turned the plane to go check it out. As we got closer, to our surprise, we could then tell clearly that it was a megapod of dolphins. Hundreds and hundreds of them swimming in unison quite quickly headed up north towards Espiritu Santo Island.