Captain’s Noon Reports – Explorer – 2026-03-20

Weather: Good weather conditions today, sunny day, clear sky, air temperature 25C, W 12 kts winds, 3 ft swell. Water condition, water temp. 22C, visibility in the first dive was 10 mts now in the second one is 15 mts, it’s getting better as the day goes on. 

NEX at anchor in Boiler, San Benedicto, at 104 ft, 3 shots out. Hello everyone, yesterday, after completing operations, we prepared the boat to move to the navy base for the naval inspection. Everything went well. Then we began sailing towards San Benedicto.

Early this morning, we arrived at the Boiler and dropped anchor. We started operations at 8:00 AM. The visibility wasn’t great for the first dive, but it improved significantly for the second. The divers saw enormous Galapagos sharks, hammerheads, and whitetip reef sharks. Then mantas started appearing, making for a beautiful dive.

We plan to do two more dives this afternoon and then move to the Canyon to spend the night in shelters. Crew and guests doing fine.

By Noon Reports

Daily dive and conditions reports from our captains onboard the Nautilus Liveaboard vessels.

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