Tag: california sea lions

A playful sea lion with beautiful eyes at Cedros Island

Guadalupe-Socorro Combo Trip Kicks off the Socorro Season

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro
Post date 2018-12-03
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By Nautilus Crew on December 3rd, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro

We had Great Whites in Guadalupe, lots of California Sea Lions on the way down south, now Giant Mantas and Silky sharks and dolphins…all in one trip, and the best still lays ahead.

A great white close by the shark diving cage, photo by Dan Orr

Perfect Diving Conditions and Crazy Shark Action

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Categories Crew, Guadalupe
Post date 2018-09-11
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By Nautilus Crew on September 11th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

The wranglers were working like crazy, especially when 4 sharks were trying to get the bait at the same time!

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Sea of Cortez
Post date 2007-12-23

By Nautilus Staff on December 23rd, 2007 in Archive, Sea of Cortez

Check out this slideshow of guest and crew pictures from our trip to the Sea of Cortez in early November 2007

Tags california sea lions, guest photos, Nautilus Explorer, sea lions, slideshow, whale sharks

Kissed by a California Sea Lion in the Sea of Cortez

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Sea of Cortez
Post date 2007-11-26

By Nautilus Staff on November 26th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Sea of Cortez

Sten reported that they started the trip off with a visit to Los Islotes and the resident population of California sea lion pups. The scuba divers let the sea lions chew on their fins, their wetsuits and one diver was even “kissed” on the mouth. The last dive of the day was on the wreck of the Fang Min – a Chinese fishing boat that was caught fishing illegally in Mexican waters, confiscated and then sunk as an artificial reef on November 17, 1999.

Tags california sea lions, fang min, Los Islotes, sea lions, Sea of Cortez, wreck diving

Spring Diving in the Sea of Cortez

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Sea of Cortez
Post date 2007-03-30

By Nautilus Staff on March 30th, 2007 in Archive, Sea of Cortez

We had a moderately rough crossing from Isla San Franciscito to Los Islotes (close to Espirito Santo) but were rewarded with an amazing sighting of a baby blue whale. At Los Islotes, we surprised some underwater harvesters fishing illegally. Unfortunately, they took off before we could get a good picture of them. Our divers had a couple of great dives and saw lots of neat stuff including California sea lion pups who came over to play with the divers.

Tags baby blue whale, baitfish, blue whales, california sea lions, illegal fishing, Los Islotes, mangrove swamp, mobula rays, sea lions, seahorse

Sea of Cortez Spring Scuba Diving Adventure

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Sea of Cortez
Post date 2007-03-25

By Nautilus Staff on March 25th, 2007 in Archive, Sea of Cortez

They started the dive day at the tiny little islet of La Reina – famous for the enormous bait ball of scad (mackeral) that hang out around the rock. Up until a couple of years ago, this was known as the best and most reliable site in the Sea of Cortez at which to find giant manta rays.