The first day we spent 25 minutes with two dolphins at close range. The next two days we had many manta rays and whale sharks.
Read MoreThe powerful engines come to a stop, returning the ship to a gentle rocking amongst the waves. The anchor clangs loudly as it’s dropped to the sea floor. All aboard the Belle Amie, guests rise from their slumber, stretching arms and stifling yawns, excitement growing with each passing minute.
Read MoreThe sun sets on yet another magical day aboard the Nautilus Belle Amie. Laughter cascades from the dining room as new friends reminisce upon the day’s adventures. Cameras are passed around, stories are shared – some exaggerated perhaps – though the joy and smiles behind them are as true as can be.
Read MoreThen two more bottlenose dolphins visited every diver in the group, as if they were robotic dolphins owned by Nautilus! I filmed whitetip sharks, Galapagos sharks, scalloped hammerheads and silvertip sharks.
Read MoreWe are encountering an enormous amount of fish, dolphins and manta rays. But the highlight is the resident school of scalloped hammerhead sharks.
Read More25 of the 30 guests onboard had already been on the Belle Amie several times before and so, most of the crew already knew them. It was so nice to welcome the guests on the stern of the boat at Cabo San Lucas when we all began seeing familiar faces!
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We had a total of seven different ones – both chevron and black manta rays. They kept on coming back around to check out the divers. Some of the manta rays even stopped to let the guests with cameras take some amazing pictures.
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