Nautilus LiveaboardsRecent blogs and dive reports from the crew onboard the Nautilus Liveaboard's vessels.
There is nothing more fascinating than witnessing one of nature’s most spectacular sights. Whales! And there’s no better place than the majestic waters of the Sea of Cortez.
We have been fortunate to spot whales pretty much every day since our liveaboards started this season. Scouting this area alongside Katie (our Citabria pilot) we have discovered a couple of secret spots to encounter these humble giants.
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They seemed curious about our boats, circling them closely. Our guests from the Gallant Lady had a blast with them; we witnessed spy-hopping and majestic breaches, and the coolest thing was watching them feeding on a mola mola and sharing it amongst the group!
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Orca fireworks today on the Gallant Lady!! We were going to start our day with an 1on1 freediving/snorkelling practice when we received a radio call from our spotter plane, Nautilus Scout: a pod of 8 orcas, spotted northeast of La Reina, about 15 miles from our position.
Read MoreFrom there it was just an incredible and unbelievable time we and our guests spent with these wonderful and mighty animals. 3 hours of peaceful and very close interaction. We saw a very big adult with two young ones. One definitely a baby. And then some other three or four young females. In particular, those young females were very interested in us. They came to check the boat and spy hope on us multiple times. They swam around the boat and were very curious about the divers.
Read MoreSomething different happens at Roca Partida, some magic way whale sharks have their natural compass to be magnetized to this amazing rock, they don´t want to miss the chance to swim around and enjoy a few days in the area.
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We were fortunate enough this first week to find whales pretty much every day: pairs of mother and calves of humpbacks breaching out and playing, blue whales, fin whales, and even a gray whale! Aside from these, we were surprised to have found a couple of pregnant whale sharks as well! Pods of dolphins and mobulas aggregations are in our daily sightings.
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Thanks to our spotter plane, we are now able to spot them quite easily, they normally congregate in groups of up to 10,000! We notice they are more active and breach more often when the sun goes down, we call it ”the sunset show”. One of the coolest behaviours Katie and I enjoy watching is the courtship behaviour, when a small group of males chases a female, she often times try to be evasive twisting and turning in different directions while the males mirror her movements, from above it looks like a beautiful slow-motion dance.
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