Category: Socorro

giant manta at the boiler with the nautilus belle amie

A great wrap up to Nautilus Belle Amie's first Socorro Season

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2015-07-09
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By Nautilus Staff on July 9th, 2015 in Crew, Socorro

The 11 day combo trip to the Sea of Cortez and Socorro started off very nicely with some excellent Sea Lion interaction around Los Islotes – home to a 300 strong Sea Lion colony. Our Brazilian photographers on board were given plenty of prime photo opportunities as the male bulls circled their territories, posing for […]

It was the biggest tuna I had ever seen. Maybe 400 or 500 lbs! it was something from a lost era swimming on by

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2015-07-07
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By Nautilus Staff on July 7th, 2015 in Crew, Socorro

I jumped in around the North point of Roca Partida and leveled off at around 70 ft. The current was running towards the South so I swam a bit into the blue and lazily drifted with it. I let my gaze go slack, no point of concentration, when a flash from above brought my focus […]

Sea lion frolicking with the guests on the nautilus Explorer

Spent the day frolicking with California Sea Lions in Los Islotes

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Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2015-07-05
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By Nautilus Staff on July 5th, 2015 in Crew, Socorro

Calm Seas and blue skies have been making for great dive days this week in the Sea of Cortez. Today we dropped in on Los Islotes, one of the biggest Sea Lion colonies of the Baja Coast. The larger Bull Males made their presence known quickly with heavy barks as the skiffs pulled in, even […]

Tiny baby sea turtles on VIP expedition on the Nautilus

Searching for Mama turtles on Baracas Beach

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Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2015-07-02
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By Nautilus Staff on July 2nd, 2015 in Crew, Socorro

Photo above by Erik Cutter from www.cabopulmopark.com Well, the 4 day VIP trip started off well with some great diving at El Islote with the Sea Lions. Cabo Pulmo provided us with a gentle current as we spent the whole dive with over 1000 schooling Jacks. Later in the evening we were invited to […]

The dive you sit out could be the day you encounter a Whale Shark

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2015-06-30
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By Nautilus Staff on June 30th, 2015 in Crew, Socorro

All divers should know, the one you sit out could be the best dive of the week. With Divemasters Enrique, and Ben in the water I was topside driving a skiff for dive 3 at Roca. The first divers came up yelling something no Divemaster wants to hear when not being in on a dive, […]

We got to see several mantas and they were interactive.

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2015-06-28
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By Nautilus Staff on June 28th, 2015 in Guests, Socorro

Finally, Socorro! So Captain Shaun took a chance and took us to Socorro. While I won’t say it was pristine blue, it was well worth the dives. Vis about 30-40′ and some strong current if you got on the wrong side of the site or up out of protected area. I got picked up well […]

Watch this video of Socorro Island featuring Dolphins and friendly giant mantas

The perfect ending to this Socorro Giant Mantas season

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Captain Mike, Socorro
Post date 2015-06-26
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By Nautilus Staff on June 26th, 2015 in Captain Mike, Socorro

“In your dreams, you’ll hear me calling. your goodbye in your dreams.. your goodbye” Sigh.. the lyrics to this video are a perfect ending to this season. Another Socorro season drawing to an end.. Why do we ALWAYS get the very best diving at the end of the season. The hurricane mess of a couple […]