Mystery man showed up onboard 250 miles from shore looking for a killer great white shark named Pablo

530AM, saw lights through the porthole, so I looked out and saw a well lit up boat passing close by us.. By the time I crawled out of the rack, I was informed that our dive plan had changed again, and were now diving the North Point, because some other scow had taken our spot! […]

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"…it's a life changing experience.". Socorro, Mexico. May 18, 2012.

Dear staff at Nautilus (and Mike), I just want to extend a thank you for the great trip. What a marvelous experience! The boat is great, the crew superb. I particularly appreciated Joel for his help in the dives, I only had 35 dives on my logbook, that making me the least experienced diver on […]

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Sometimes you just get lucky. Socorro, Mexico. May 16, 2012.

Agonized a bit yesterday about staying for another day and 4 of the 5 of the Russian guests said they would prefer to move on, wanted to see a whale shark. Well, stayed for the day and whale shark has been circling Roca Partida all morning, everyone has seen him multiple times, albeit it is […]

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Today I discovered the wreck of an American LST that had been lost for 70 years. They should name it Tad's wreck! Socorro, Mexico, May 15th, 2012.

Dived the U.S. navy LST today!! Definitely it!! Brought back pics. Lost for 66 years or so and now it’s found. Elaine —- The trip so far has been amazing! I discovered an American LST (over 300 feet long) which was a military vessel that ran ashore in 1943? Stunning! Can’t say I’ve ever re-discovered […]

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A giant manta glided past, loaded with hitchhikers

We were severely warned that we must blog on a daily basis, otherwise, the crew and guests would suffer. I take on this great burden because I understand the consequences; keelhauling, lashes with the cat o’ nine tails, bread and water in the brig. Still no pirates on the horizon, however, you can just see […]

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Earthquake in Socorro – "M4.8 – 212km ENE Of Socorro Island, Mexico"

“Tectonic Summary Seismotectonics of Mexico Located atop three of the large tectonic plates, Mexico is one of the world’s most seismologically active regions. The relative motion of these crustal plates causes frequent earthquakes and occasional volcanic eruptions. Most of the Mexican landmass is on the westward moving North American plate.”… View fill article here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb0009jik#summary

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Who should we bump into but 10 – 15 Humpback whales travelling slowly in a tight group. Soccorro, 03/04/2012.

What a great last three days we have had. In spite of the fact we have had one of the largest storms in the NE Pacific this year, some 2500 miles away send down a large wave train that has affected some of our usual hots spots, we have been sitting on the eastern side […]

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