my best dive in my life! los ilotes – march 22, 2011

Great Day! Saw a lot of playful sealions trying to bite in our suits, masks, cameras, imitating our bubbles and being childish clinging to our legs. Also some nice jawfish big groupers and so on. The water was quite cold but playing with mammals is totally different from interaction with fish, so it was worth […]

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Guest and Crew blog – I watched in awe as the large shark passed by me – Socorro island – 06 mar 2011

  Today I got the chance to swim with sharks. I never thought I’d be the type of person to get in the water if I knew there were sharks swimming around but I have learned a lot more about sharks and decided that it was time to conquer my fear. I had only been […]

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Humpback Whales are Back at Socorro Island – Dive Guide Blog – 30 DEC 2010

So after an excellent day in Socorro Island with giant mantas,  dolphins and big school of hammerhead sharks we arrived in the morning at Roca Partida. Before the sunrise over the horizon we could easily see Socorro island over 70 Nautical miles away! Not every day that happens. the air was so clear. It was […]

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The Dive I Missed was the one where Everyone Saw Mantas, Sharks, Hammerheads. At Least I Saw a Whale on the Surface Swimming Around. Guest and Divemaster Blog. 09 DEC 2010

Diver Pauly from Chicago.  This is my second trip aboard the Nautilus Explorer.  The staff is exceptional as usual.  We’ve done two days of diving so far and can’t complain at all. Saw a pod of Sperm Whales just out of Cabo San Lucas and a pod of bottle nose Dolphins shortly later.  When we […]

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No Giant Mantas at the Boiler and Vis was Down a Bit but Huge Pod of Leaping Dolphins – Divemaster Log – 07 DEC 2010

This morning we were escorted toward San Benedicto Island by a huge pod of leaping Bottlenose Dolphins. Some of the jumps were easily 15 feet into the air. The Captain said he was looking one in the eye as he stood on the bridge. The beautiful Baja sunrise lit up the impressive volcanic island as […]

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I Have Accumulated more than 10,000 Dives in 35 Years of Diving and I’ve Been a Dive Guide on the Nautilus Explorer since 2004. Crew blog. 06 DEC 2010.

I hope you enjoy this video of a giant manta swimming and interacting with some of our guests at The Boiler on San Benedicto Island.  This is the only place in the world where I have seen this kind of behavior. My name is Pedro Cervantes, I’m a diving Instructor, and I will talk a […]

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