Ok. The eruption wasn’t this week. Rather it was August 1st, 1952 on a beautiful sunny and calm day when the crew of the tuna clipper M/V Challenger noticed a vertical plume of steam on the tiny island of San Benedicto. The steam rapidly turned into a towering cloud of heavy smoke and ash with […]
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We asked our guests today, how was your dive at the canyon? Here’s what our guests said… “When you can see two mantas, hammerheads and dolphins. Ask Hernan he knows everything! The 2nd dive today was off the charts awesome! Giant Mantas, schools of hammerheads and a VERY friendly pod of dolphins. One of the best […]
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Roca Partida is arising from the Pacific like a giant frosted Childrens cake – Mickey mouse ears on one end wiht a large gorilla head on the other end, decorated on top with boobie birds. Below the surf the rock looks like a climbing wall with multicolored hand holds with a few friendly pufferfish, trumpetfish […]
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How many Manta’s did I see at the Boiler is an unfair question. The amount of excitement cannot be described in the number of manta’s but in the grace and beauty of these animals as they spin and dance right in front of you. As I giant Stride into the water, a pinnacle of rock […]
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Finally i am here. It was one of my dreams to work for a boat with such a good reputation like the Nautilus Explorer#Belle Amie. I have been waiting for their call for long time and now is the time to enjoy it. I have worked for few liveaboards before but the atmosphere here is […]
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The trip was booked almost a year previous and the anticipation has been overwhelming waiting for the 13th of May to Arrive. I cannot even begin to express the amount of gratitude that I have for each and every member of the Nautilus Team. I am an Avid diver who has the pleasure of diving […]
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I’ll be candid. We had some mechanical problems on our beautiful new Nautilus Belle Amie when she was launched. Doesn’t matter how hard we tried. Doesn’t matter that our dispatch reliability record over the last 25 years is almost perfect. Some new Caterpillar machinery broke down unexpectedly and messed up our guests. Many lessons learned […]
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