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Superstar Lucy was one of the highlights this 2018 season. Photo by Ortwin Khan

The End of Our Best Guadalupe Island Great White Shark Diving Season Ever!

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2018-12-08
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By Nautilus Staff on December 8th, 2018 in Captain Mike, Guadalupe

We have now identified over 300 individual white sharks in the bay that we dive in. And most astonishing of all, we had trips with 3 dive days in which we saw over 50 different great whites.

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  • Tags 2018 season, cage diving, chum cannon, great white sharks, great whites, guadalupe history, marine mammal protection act, pinnipeds, shark action, shark behaviour, shark breaches, shark cages, shark diving, shark id, shark wrangling, sharks, tuna bait, wrangling platforms
Northern elephant seals are just some of the animals of Guadalupe
By CillanXC. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Animals of Guadalupe Island

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2018-07-24
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By Nautilus Staff on July 24th, 2018 in Captain Mike, Guadalupe

Did you know?! The animals of Guadalupe Island include more than just great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias)! The island was once home to out of control billy goats and is now a sanctuary for pinnipeds including Guadalupe fur seals and northern elephant seals. 

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  • Tags billy goats, great white sharks, guadalupe island background, judas goats, nature conservancy, northern elephant seals, pinnipeds, sealers, smithsonian
Manila Galleons were part of the history of Guadalupe Island, Painting by Cornelis Verbeeck, circa 1618

Guadalupe Island History Explained

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2018-07-21
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By Nautilus Staff on July 21st, 2018 in Captain Mike, Guadalupe

Welcome to Guadalupe Island! Situated in deep water off the continental shelf of North America, the history of Guadalupe Island is rich with Spanish and Portuguese explorers, pirates, gold and the Manila galleons, rapacious American and Russian sealers and fur traders. We love Guadalupe Island and hope that you will come to feel the same way. This volcanic island is estimated to be 8 million years old!!

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  • Tags Baja California, captain cook, explorers, fur traders, gold, guadalupe island background, history, horse latitudes, la paz, Manila galleons, pirates, San Diego, sea otters, sealers, traders

The Great Big White Sharks of the Season

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  • Post date 2017-09-21
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By Nautilus Staff on September 21st, 2017 in Captain Mike, Guadalupe

The first great big white sharks of the season have shown up at Guadalupe Island. Each of these big mommas was 16 feet with enormous girth. Captain Gordon on our beautiful Nautilus Belle Amie reports 7 individual sharks cruising around the ship this morning including the first of these big mommas. It is very interesting […]

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  • Tags Great White Shark, great white sharks, Guadalupe Island, Isla Guadalupe, Sea of Cortez
Larry and what's left of cake

Names have been Changed to Protect the Innocent! (aka Larry’s Birthday Party)

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2017-07-14
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By Nautilus Staff on July 14th, 2017 in Captain Mike, Crew

I always feel badly for Larry, our amazing and incredible chief engineer. Larry has been on the boats for years with us, and is well loved by guests and crew alike.  Sorry, I forgot – Larry is also well loved by our sharks and giant mantas, and actually has a tattoo of his buddy “Shredder […]

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  • Tags engineer's blog, nautilus crew
Nautilus Explorer and Belle Amie in dry dock

Annual Shipyard Refit Continues – How do we get the Ships out of the Water?

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2017-07-12
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By Nautilus Staff on July 12th, 2017 in Captain Mike, Crew

I often get asked how the heck we get a 1 million pound plus dive boat out of the water…Good question!! We have used a number of different techniques over the years from a “railway” which is indeed just as it sounds – a railway track into the water with massive supports, and a heavy […]

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  • Tags liveaboard diving, luxury liveaboard, refit
Shipyard crew works on the Undersea

The Undersea Renovations

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2017-07-11
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By Nautilus Staff on July 11th, 2017 in Captain Mike, Crew

Shipyard renovation and refit of the Nautilus Undersea continues – whoohooo! The featured photo is of the new main salon under construction that will extend aft into the old dive deck, with a separate lounge sitting area with big comfy couches on one side and dining room on the other side. Most exciting of all […]

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  • Tags Liveaboard Diveboat, liveaboard diving, refit

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