some of our guests would like to share with you their moray song (melody: Its amore)

When you look in a crack and someones looking back – it’s a moray, It will not really care it will sit there and stare- it’s a moray, It is not a fish,it is not a ray, It will sit and wish for a passing pray, Quite a gourmet! If we sing him this song […]

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We chose to travel on Nautilus Explorer after recommendations from friends who had previously been on her and we certainly agreed that the boat, crew and diving lived up to our expectations.

The trip On leaving Cabo San Lucas harbour we were treated to dolphins, sea lions, and two humpback whales, which were a good omen to the diving we were to experience. The diving started at San Benidicto with a check out dive which included giant mantas circling us at the cleaning station. This was a […]

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Loads of fish at Clipperton Atoll

Shark life was evident almost immediately with several juvenile silver tips cruising around under the boat and checking out the divers. Green and fine-spotted morays roamed the reef bottom, free swimming and often following divers. One diver reported a large hammerhead shark, and I saw an adult silky shark cruising the blue as well. Lots of leather bass, moorish idols, butterfly fish, the endemic Clipperton Atoll angelfish, damsel fish, sergeant majors, blue and gold snapper, trevally jacks, black triggers, goldrim surgeonfish, among others completed the beautiful reef scene.

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Sharks, mantas and humpback whales at Roca Partida

For the last two days, we have been snorkelling in between dives at will, with humpback whales, a mother and calf. She is obviously a very comfortable mom as she lets Jr. roam a bit. The calf comes to the surface, breathes, frolics around the divers snorkelling at the surface, then goes back down to mom, who is hovering what appears to be motionlessly at about 8-10 metres below.

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I recall having to pinch myself to ensure I was not dreaming

Whales like I’ve never seen before captured on film by several of our divers this past trip! Some of the pictures and video of a mother and very new calf was breathtaking for those of us stuck above water. I happened to have a sneak preview of several of these treasures before any kind of […]

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I ended this year (2012) with a closer look at razor sharp teeth than I have ever seen in 12 years of diving experience: Socorro Island on the Nautilus Explorer

The hammerhead sharks were just hanging out at about 80ft. I had this one encounter where I just stared out into the blue, not knowing that a school of them were just over my head, but one got my attention, it just kept coming and coming. It got about 3 feet away from where I was. I had a close look at the razor sharp teeth, that was my first encounter with one that came that close for the 12 years of diving experience.

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72 submersible white shark dives in 3 days and we batted 100% on shark sightings

With our surface cages in the water, we opened up our deep cages and the shark action never stopped. We ran 72 cage rides over the 3 days, each and every dive seeming better than the last. Our batting average was 100%, all sharks all the time.

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