Location: Rocas Alijos, a remote oceanic volcanic pinnacle off the coast of Baja California, Mexico We found the sharp shallow pinnacle at Rocas Alijos!! Top on 30 ft and it goes straight down on a flat sand and rocky bottom at 175 ft. Impressive! For not missing it we dove down a grapple on the top. […]
Read MoreLocation: Rocas Alijos, open ocean pinnacle west of Baja California, Mexico. We arrived remote and mysterious Alijos Rocks finally in flat oily water it made it a little spookey that just upon arrival a mist layed over the rocks. We carefully navigated closer to them and anhored of what seems to be a lava flow […]
Read MoreLocation: San Benitos Islands, Baja California, Mexico. We got up early today to move the Nautilus Explorer to a new place around the corner of San Benitos Island. We were visited on the way by Mexican fishermen from the local cooperativa who were worried that we would snag their lobster traps or dive for their […]
Read MoreLocation: Horizon Cove, San Benitos Island, Baja California, Mexico. We arrived at the west island of San Benitos islands at around 11 am. Just before arriving we were welcomed by whitesided dolphins. Compared with our last expedition exploring the pacific side of Baja California in 2004, the kelp is much thicker than before and our divers couldn’t wait […]
Read MoreLocation: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico Well, our 2008 great white shark season is almost over and we are all mildly depressed by that. It’s been a fabulous season with excellent sharking after a bit of a stressful startup when the Mexican Authorities quite rightly changed the regulations and prohibited chumming and the […]
Read MoreLocation: On our way home from Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island to Ensenada, Mexico What a trip!! The sharking was amazing and fabulous. Who needs tuna throwlines anyways.. We had the best sharking of the last 4 years on this trip and I am absolutely convinced that our new submersible cage has a lot to do […]
Read MoreLocation: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico Well, we’re back on station at Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island. The good news is that this trip is a fund raiser for the Historical Diving Society (HDS). We are very lucky to have some industry icons onboard including Rodney and Kay Fox from Australia, Zale Parry who […]
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