Thank you all Nautilus Explorer staff members that made my first liveaboard experience very enjoyable, fun and memorable. I am a beginner diver. All dive masters were amazing, and helped me improve my skill a lot. All other crew members were great. They pampered us like with warm hearts and wonderful services. We enjoyed great variety of delicious 5-star meals. I appreciated that captain came to talk to us at dinner time everyday. All crew members are very hard working, professional and fun. I can see that everyone was working with heart. Muchas Gracias.
Back to Revillagigedo National Park! One of the most impressive islands is San Benedicto. The topography is amazing, but underwater, the welcome today in the morning was completely amazing…Imagine 7 giant mantas flying around you, 20 hammerheads passing in front of you at the same time, but in addition many Galapagos and Silvertips in the cleaning station…Wow this scenario is incredible, but to add to the excitement, a bunch of dolphins appear and one of them chasing a jack that stole his food, the hog fish cleaning the sharks, the clarions cleaning the mantas, the silkies hunting jacks (it’s possible to see the blood when they bite one), and all of this happened in 40 minutes at 28m depth. Now you know why I love Revillagigedo!
This morning we had light current, visibility averaged 80ft, and the action is just MANTASTIC – that is how the guests said it. They had two mantas (chevron and a black one) the whole dive. That was the highlight of the morning dives for most guests, as this is what they expected from the beginning. However, for some others, the tiger shark and dolphins were the cherry on top of the cake. They enjoyed it a lot and we still have one more dive to go before the navy inspection for the afternoon. Yesterday on our last dive of the day some of the guests saw a tiger shark and loads of hammerheads so now guests are super happy and smiley, we are trying to keep them busy and entertained.
The captain is always excellent. Very informative and precise. His tone of voice is always calm everything down. Deni and Osa are coolest hosts. Always helping with great service mind. Ari is very helpful and patient. He always has a good eyes underwater (with magic luck!!!) Jessie is always precise and has a good drawing skill especially when drawing a hammerhead. Kege is excellent. Foods are always great!!!! I always feel like I am in 5-star restaurant.
Most divers would be shocked if they knew what was going on in the engine room and below decks of many liveaboard diving ships. Safety is not something to ever take lightly. We live and breathe safety with obsessive compliance to our Safety Management System under the watchful eyes of our external auditors. See our passenger and safety certificates here.
Captain Mike has led the way for the last twenty-seven years in consistent and relentless obsessive attention to detail, and making every trip as excellent as possible. That attention to detail shows up everywhere, from each dive briefing, to the choice of dive sites, to dinner service, to the quality and thread count of our Egyptian cotton bed sheets. We never stop stressing over the details. We never stop trying to do even better.
A happy crew makes for a happy ship and the very best in guest experience. The men and women on our ships come from around the world and share your passion for Mother Ocean. Every one of our seventy crew and thirty-five shoreside support staff in Mexico and Canada are committed to doing the best they can for you, our guests, and that shines through like a bright beacon of happiness.
Canadian shipyard built from the keel up with a thoughtful design intended to support operations from the chilly current swept waters of Alaska to the equatorial heat of Clipperton Island. Recently lengthened to 132 ft, the Explorer was the world’s first SOLAS safety certified dive boat.
The “Belle” is our newest ship, launched in 2015. At 147 feet she is a big, beautiful and very popular liveaboard that is more like a small ship than a dive boat. Guests enjoy ultra-quiet rooms, spaciousness and comfortable, stabilized crossings.
Formerly the Undersea Hunter of Cocos Island and IMAX fame, the Nautilus UnderSea is one of the most beloved live aboard dive boats in the world. With a new full-width superstructure, enclosed dive deck and lengthened to 105 ft, the UnderSea is perfect for smaller groups of just 19 divers.
Our new Gallant Lady is beautiful and combines the luxury of a Broward yacht with thoughtful liveaboard dive boat design. This 116 foot yacht features 6 large suites, accommodating 12 guests, and 1700 horsepower along with hydraulic stabilizers, speeding you wherever you want to go.
Today was our first day of diving here at Revillagigedo and it feel so good to be back on board. The Canyon at San Benedicto did not fail to impress once gain. The water was clear and a slight current was taking us on a westerly direction. Chevron mantas greeted us as we entered the water on the first dive followed by dusky sharks, silver tips, silky sharks, hammerheads, and more mantas.
We started off jumping close to the wall. While swimming towards the receiver, several whitetips crossed our way. Suddenly, a hammerhead appeared in the blue and disappeared as fast as he came. When swimming to the inner side of the lava finger, several whitetips were circling between the rocks, curious to find out what these black things were, making these strange bubbles. Almost as the hammerhead, a big manta, followed by blind passengers below him, showed up swimming gently above us and disappeared again in the blue.
Yesterday weather conditions invited us to visit Roca O´Neil, not every trip we are so lucky. Once again, we were the only dive boat around to enjoy the site. One after another all groups drifted along the wall with the sweet current mesmerized by the gorgeous lava formations, the arches and the chimneys, but most of all the cheeky mantas, going from on group of divers to the next, spreading the love equally without engaging for too long with any.
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