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The Charcoal Black Coloured Giant Manta Swooped Inches Over our Head at San Benedicto Island. Socorro, Mexico. May 30, 2012.

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Post date 2012-05-30
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By Nautilus Staff on May 30th, 2012 in Archive

How was it diving at the Boiler with the Mantas?! It was great, we saw tons of wildlife on the walls of the Boiler and then the giant Mantas came into the picture. Amazing they would come right up to you make eye contact and then swoop right over your head. It was so cool! […]

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Hurricane Bud and the Nautilus Explorer: The Last Chapter. Socorro, Mexico. May 29, 2012.

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Post date 2012-05-29
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By Nautilus Staff on May 29th, 2012 in Archive

So Bud which has waffled between a Tropical Storm and a Hurricane, became a hurricane but its direction tracked as predicted by Captain Mike towards the Mexican Mainland and we have transitted overnight out to Isla San Benedicto, site of many dives but without question, “The Boiler” is the place to be. It is the […]

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Hurricane Bud. Captains Log – May 22, 2012. Socorro Island, Mexico.

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Post date 2012-05-25
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By Nautilus Staff on May 25th, 2012 in Archive

Captains Log – May 22, 2012 So what’s in a BUD? Not the beer or the Bud you know. I know a few Bud’s and they are all intense. This Bud is a named storm which as it turns out, was going to be close enough to Socorro to potentially pose a problem. Most Tropical […]

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"Dive of my life", "Spiritual", "Ruined for life about diving elsewhere", etc. Socorro, Mexico. May 23, 2012.

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Post date 2012-05-23
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By Nautilus Staff on May 23rd, 2012 in Archive

Captain’s Log: We made an overnight run out to Roca Partida. Currently we are anchored on top of the remnants of a old volcano created eons ago. It is 270 nautical miles (430 Kilometres) to Cabo San Lucas on the Baja and just over 400 NM (650 KM) to Puerto Vallarta on the Mexican mainland. […]

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Best way to describe the diving is sharky… gotta run, steak time!! Socorro, Mexico. May 22, 2012.

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Post date 2012-05-22
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By Nautilus Staff on May 22nd, 2012 in Archive

We have just wrapped our 3rd day of diving at Roca Partida and our 5th of this 9 day expedition to the Islas Revillagigedo, commonly known as the Socorro Islands. Tonight we will run the 75 nautical miles back to the gentle giant manta rays of Isla San Benedicto for our last day of diving. […]

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Engineer Larry broke out in a cold sweat when asked him about the blood stained manacles hanging from the ceiling in the engine room

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Post date 2012-05-21
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By Nautilus Staff on May 21st, 2012 in Archive

We were enroute to Roca Partida all night, arriving around 730. It was interesting trying to sleep with the boat rocking in the swell of the waves. Your head would rise, then fall, then roll to the left or right, then rise again, and there was a brief moment where it felt like a fat […]

I was reduced to the level of a giddy 10 year old schoolboy as a great big black winged beautiful manta glided over my head. with great manta humor.

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Post date 2012-05-20
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By Nautilus Staff on May 20th, 2012 in Archive

7.45 am dive briefing. How uncivilized. Can’t they install an LCDTV in every room and just broadcast it to us? With breakfast in bed? I mean, did we lose a war or something? Aren’t we an advanced technological society? Alright, enough whining. First dive of the day, we were surrounded by a school of jacks, […]

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