We begin with a slow start; one large female great white shark circling the submersible cages a few times on our first dive before disappearing, along with all of her friends for the second and third. Dive four is when things begin to get fun. A mixed bag of visitors begins to show up, including […]
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Thick, healthy kelp sprouting up from a rocky bottom full of cracks and crevices to explore, surrounded by water a deep blue colour, broken only by the suns rays as they penetrate the overhead canopy. Add to this picture a half a dozen playful young sea lions zipping effortlessly around, above, below you. Then hovering in mid water inches from your cameras dome port as they inspect their reflection, before torpedoing away so quickly it seems almost impossible.
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Sea lions started playing with us as soon as we got in the water. It was a really calm dive with no current and no surge at any depth. I don’t think anyone looked at anything but the sea lions but when I popped my head under the kelp I saw about ten lobsters so there was lots of life around.
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As the sun rises next to Guadalupe Island, the clouds sitting on the hill are turning a beautiful pink color. This is going to be another sunny day. The wind is warm. We are putting the cages in the water. We can hear the sea lions a km away. The first team that went down […]
Read MoreWe were first greeted by pacific common dolphins who came right up to us. When the swimmers entered the water the dolphins became playful. Some were jumping clear out of the water a good 2m!
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Christmas in Mexico is a festive time!! After a small break, the Nautilus Explorer and crew are back on it! The old seafaring tale of a ship never being happy unless she is moving through the water holds to be true, and with that in mind we cast off the lines and sailed out of […]
Read MoreDave reports that the divers saw 7 silver tip sharks between 5 and 7 feet in length circling at the north end of Roca Partida, along with at least 10 silky sharks and some good-sized Galapagos and hammerhead sharks. One interesting note is that one small silvertip shark apparently chased away 4 larger silky sharks (4 – 5 feet in length) that were hanging around a tag line hanging off the back of the Nautilus Explorer. Not sure on the dominance behaviour of silky and silvertip sharks, but that strikes me as highly irregular behaviour.
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