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 […]
Read MoreThe fishing accident: A weird thing happened this evening. Another boat showed up way out here. Two people. Fishing I guess, although when we asked them about their visit here, they couldn’t seem to explain it. They came to our boat in a small zodiac off their bigger boat. As they got closer I could […]
Read MoreIt was 3 years since we came here the very first time and the island still exists! A big group of bottlenose dolphins piloted us in to the islands. We are finally here! And I am excited to be back again to learn a bit more about this very remote coral atoll. And the water! […]
Read MoreWe came up at Cabo Pearce after our traditional navy inspection. Setting the anchor with a decending line for making it it easy for divers out on the lava finger that have been poured out from Socorro Islands Mount Everman. We dive it down for our scuba divers and move it to the place close […]
Read MoreLocation: San Benedicto, Socorro Island, Baja California Mexico Every once in awhile, we are lucky enough to get conditions so perfect for the 218 mile crossing to the Socorro Islands that it is like cruising across a lake. Of course for an open ocean voyage it is pretty rare, and when it does occur my […]
Read MoreSo we sarted our pilot project to skip a scuba dive and go out in small groups in the morning to watch the humpback whales. It was an Success!! We managed to see whale in the water twice the first try and our training that we have got is giving results it made me excited! […]
Read MoreI am often asked if diving with great white sharks of Guadalupe Island is safe. My answer is HECK NO!!! You are diving with apex predators that are 18 feet long with the girth of a volkswagen van. There is NOTHING safe about these animals. BUT our cages our safe. They were engineered […]
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