WOW! Amazing mind blowing dive at Roca Partida with hundreds of schooling silkie sharks.

A change from Clipperton: Hundreds Mind blowing, never seen anything like it hundreds of sharks from white tips, silvertips, silkies to Galapagos and one hammerhead shark? Then there were the fish, never seen so many, huge schools of criole, huge black jacks, redtail trigger fish, massive shoals of cottonmouth and some kind of mackerel. The best […]

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Looking back on our 2013 Socorro humpback whale season

Well, the end of April marks the official end of whale season 2013.  Sure there a couple of stragglers around.  We saw a mum and calf just the other day.   But for the most part, our 1200 visiting humpback whales from Alaska are all headed home now after a fantastic season at Socorro Island. […]

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The mad king of Clipperton Island..

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-tyrant-clipperton-island/ – click on link to see  website.  THE TYRANT OF CLIPPERTON ISLAND ARTICLE #340 • WRITTEN BY MARISA BROOK Clipperton Island, with the freshwater lagoon visible in the center. For a tropical island, Clipperton doesn’t have very much going for it. The tiny, ring-shaped atoll lying 1,000 kilometres off the southwest coast of Mexico is […]

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Tonight was one of my most moving experiences ever – at sea on the Nautilus Explorer.

  Tonight had to be one of the most interesting and moving things I have ever seen.   The trip leader who normally leads this group of divers  recently passed away.  Our guests wanted to do something special for him during this trip.  So they brought little wax paper boxes with candles that float, along with […]

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diving Socorro Island without blowing any bubbles…

We were privileged to host a full charter of rebreather divers this winter.  It was a pleasure. The animal behaviour around the closed circuit rebreathers was quite different than usual. Divers saw giant mantas and dolphins of course.  Whale sharks. And lots of sharks some of whom came in very close. One guest commented that […]

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Captain's Log – Clipperton Atoll – A genuine desert island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean

Today is our fourth day on location at Clipperton Atoll aka Isle of Passion. Its more romantic sounding name coming from the time when a Mexican navy sector was stationed on the island during the early 1900’s and then forgotten about when the Mexican revolution started. The navy personnel and their families, who had previously […]

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Nautilus Explorer: Proud to be part of soon to be released 3D IMAX film – GREAT WHITE SHARK.

Coming soon to a theatre near you – an amazing 3D IMAX film on Great White Sharks. We are proud to have been part of this film production. Enjoy. – Captain Mike.

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