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Tag: california channel islands

New dive sites on San Benitos Islands

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-10-28
By Nautilus Staff on October 28th, 2008 in Archive

Location: 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 […]

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  • Tags Baja California, california channel islands, Nautilus Explorer, Octopus, roca alijos, san benitos island, Sea of Cortez, sealion

Calm Seas at Farnsworth Bank

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-05-14
By Nautilus Staff on May 14th, 2008 in Archive

After two dives on Farnsworth we went closer to the island and dove Indian Head Point where we had a balmy 59°F at the surface dropping to 56°F at 70 feet. The visibility was low, approximately 10 feet but there was so much to see that it was not a problem. Swimming through the trunks of kelp was like walking through a forest at twilight in the mist. The kelp “trees” would appear out of nowhere and there were sea fans of multiple colours all over. Probably the most exciting part of the dive was the sea hares. Large, black and everywhere.

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  • Tags avalon harbour, california channel islands, Catalina island, Channel Islands, church rock, crabs, farnsworth bank, flounder, horn shark, indian head point, kelp forest, macrocystis, Octopus, palm kelp, sea fans, sea hares, sea lions

Shipyard Refit Part 1

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-05-09
By Nautilus Staff on May 9th, 2008 in Archive

We have been incredibly busy over the last 3 weeks with Part 1 of our 2008 shipyard refit. My apologies for not getting a Captain’s Log report out before this. The Nautilus Explorer was built in a Canadian shipyard to our custom specifications and launched in May 2000. The ship is under rigorous annual inspection requirements by Transport Canada as an ISM SOLAS Home Trade 1 passenger vessel and undergoes an even more detailed quadrennial inspection every 4 years.

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  • Tags california channel islands, Channel Islands, cummins, electrical system, engine room, exhaust system, ism, megger test, Nautilus Explorer, refit, sewage system, shipyard, solas, transport canada, water tanks
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