It didn’t suck! MM@NYC As we leave for Isla de Guadalupe, these are my reflections on the first half of the trip: the islands of San Benitos rise from sea as barren mountains, white in places from accruing guano, haven for sealions as they sun themselves and rest from play in the ocean. On board […]

Capt.’s log.  Cedros Island :   Guadalupe fur seals and  northern elephant seals After spending the last two days diving in the beautiful kelp forests of San Benitos, today we made the 22 nautical mile transit to neighbouring Isla Cedros to sample some of it’s local wildlife. We started the day at the north point where […]

Time seems to stand still as they lazily float by.  You forget their power until they suddenly drop fin and fly to the surface trying to steal a piece of fish from the rainbow runners.  They are massive creatures worthy of every single ounce of respect you can give them. I can’t wait until tomorrow!… […]

THIS IS THE FIRST DIVE EXPERIENCE W GREAT WHITES WORDS CANNOT EXPLAIN WHAT U FEEL WHEN U SEE THEM SOOO FAR THE BESY TRIP EVER. THE WHOLE STAFF ABOARD HAS BEEN SOOO NICE AND ACCOMMODATING. CANT WAIT FOR MY 3RD DIVE FOR THE FIRST DAY EVERY DIVE GETS BETTER!!!!! THANK U NAUTILUS EXPLORER!!!!!!!!!!!! The Nautilus Explorer […]

Having seen almost every shark documentary known to man, nothing can prepare you for the experience of a face to face confrontation with a great white shark.  Time seems to stand still as they lazily float by.  You forget their power until they suddenly drop fin and fly to the surface trying to steal a […]

Alex H again J, in answer to the question above, I honestly didn’t think we could have topped yesterday, but when an aggressive male white shark decides to nudge your cage it becomes a whole new ball game. Again I was with Fred and Ryan, this time we were joined by Nick and we all […]