Category: Crew

I think our group has luck with the whales. We have seen them 4 times already! The most of anyone on the boat. I think that the ones we saw on the safety drop were different from the one today though. While snorkelling we saw one for a good 5-10 minutes. It was unbelievably big. Awesome! it seemed […]

Working as a divemaster on the Nautilus Explorer in the Socorro Islands in Mexico is pretty fantastic! As you know, you are not going to be apart of that awesome moment unless you are in the water. And of course, I get to be in the water all the time! Yes I get to see humpbacks, mantas, sharks of […]

The thing I love about night dives is how your senses hearing and feelign are heightened as the sense of sight is restricted. On tonight’s night dive at El Aquario, the water was filled with whale songs coming from every direction. For 8 minutes the wails and crys were so loud you could feel the vibrations in your chest. […]

One of the things I love most about diving again and again at Socorro is being able to develop a connection with the incredible giant manta rays. With every dive my ability to recognize individual mantas is getting better and better. These stunning, giant creatures have the same brain to body ratio as we do, […]

Weather picked up, winds decided to blow and we were off to start our second day at Roca Partida.  A we launched the skiffs at 0630, a large splash towards Roca caught my eye.  Humpback whales again!  After yesterdays orca attack on the poor calf, I assumed the whales would have departed the rock to […]

Transient orcas attack humpback calf at roca partida WITH nautilus explorer divers at depth to watch the tragic event!  We are on a Socorro trip and this morning started with several humpback whales circling roca partida with dolphins playing the the white caps.  on  dropping off the first group of divers, I noticed a mother, […]