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Loads of fish at Clipperton Atoll

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Post date 2013-04-28
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By Nautilus Crew on April 28th, 2013 in Archive, Crew

Shark life was evident almost immediately with several juvenile silver tips cruising around under the boat and checking out the divers. Green and fine-spotted morays roamed the reef bottom, free swimming and often following divers. One diver reported a large hammerhead shark, and I saw an adult silky shark cruising the blue as well. Lots of leather bass, moorish idols, butterfly fish, the endemic Clipperton Atoll angelfish, damsel fish, sergeant majors, blue and gold snapper, trevally jacks, black triggers, goldrim surgeonfish, among others completed the beautiful reef scene.

Tags angelfish, Captain Gordon Kipp, Clipperton Island, commercial fishing, dolphins, Hammerhead shark, morays, sharks, silky sharks, silvertips, snapper

Huuhhh?? After our best season ever for big animals at Socorro Island, the last couple of days have been slow.

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Post date 2013-04-24
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By Nautilus Staff on April 24th, 2013 in Archive

1945hrs We’ve just departed Socorro Island for our annual Clipperton expedition. We spent the last two days diving at San Benedicto and Socorro of the Revillagigedo chain of islands. The diving was a little disappointing with minimal big animal activity. A few hammerhead sharks here and there and one giant manta for a couple lucky […]

Tags Captain Gordon Kipp, captain's blog, Clipperton Island, hammerhead sharks, San Benedicto

Guest Blog – Hammerheads, and what I am Certain was a Tiger Shark – Clipperton

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Post date 2011-04-13
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By Nautilus Staff on April 13th, 2011 in Archive

Another sunny day at Clipperton. Today diving around the NE side of the island. A lot of activity on the reef for the pre-breakfast dive with White Tip Reef and Galapagos sharks cruising in. If you hung around too long a Moray would be over to check you out. Excitement on the third dive: hammerheads […]

Tags angel fish, big eyed jacks, Clipperton Island, Hammerhead shark, hawksbill turtle, Moray Eel, Nautilus Explorer, scuba diving, sea turtle, Tiger Shark, Wahoo

Captain’s Blog – Three beautiful dives on pristine coral reef – Clipperton – 10th April 2011

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Post date 2011-04-11
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By Nautilus Staff on April 11th, 2011 in Archive

7am – up early and there it was – Clipperton on the horizon – the edge of the circular atoll a wider expanse than expected between the groups of coconut palms – by 8 am we were there escorted by schools of dolphins and diving Boobies! (It is lucky to get pooped on by […]

Tags angel fish, bass, blue fin trevally, booby birds, captain's blog, Clipperton Atoll, Clipperton Island, dolphins, Galapagos Shark, guest blog, Moray Eel, rainbow runners, sharks, silky shark, silver tip reef shark

50 trips to Socorro Island and I still find new experiences above and below the water to take my breath away – First Mate Log – May 17, 2010

By Nautilus Staff on May 18th, 2010 in Archive

Good evening! This is first mate Sandy writing, from the beautiful Sea of Cortez near La Paz, Mexico. We have anchored in a small bay on the island of Espiritu Santo for the night, before heading back to the local California sea lion colony, Los Islotes, for some adrenaline-filled diving with some gregarious marine mammals […]

Tags Baja California, Channel Islands, Clipperton Island, dolphins, giant manta, Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island, Hammerhead shark, humpback whales, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, Revillagigedos, Sea of Cortez, sealions, socorro island

According to the size of the uterus, these sharks are ready to give birth + unbelievable humpback whale behavior around divers. April 24, 2010. Guest log.

By Nautilus Staff on April 28th, 2010 in Archive

My God!! Easily one of the best whale encounters of my life. A mother and calf humpback playing and relaxing around our ship, approaching snorklers for over an hour. At one point, the calf approached me to within a meter or two to look me directly in the eye. An amazing experience!!!! Scott Davis Today […]

Tags Clipperton Island, galapagos sharks, Hammerhead shark, humpback whales, Nautilus Explorer, Revillagigedos, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, shark, silky shark, silvertip sharks

Hammerhead shark field report – big jump for shark research project conducted onboard the Nautilus Explorer on the Clipperton Island expedition – Guest blog – April 23, 2010

By Nautilus Staff on April 24th, 2010 in Archive

We are coming back from Clipperton island by now. This was a small step for our project but a big jump for shark research. We set three different underwater receivers located to the NE, south and NW of Clipperton. In previous years we have tagged several species of sharks in different island from the Pacific. […]

Tags Baja California, Clipperton Island, galapagos sharks, Hammerhead shark, Nautilus Explorer, Revillagigedos, Sea of Cortez, sharks

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