Tag: elephant seals

San Benitos: A Sea Lion’s Playground

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Categories Crew, Guadalupe
Post date 2018-09-10
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By Nautilus Crew on September 10th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

If I had to describe San Benito’s diving in just a few words, I would say that is is a “sea lion’s playground.”

Underneath a great white, photo by divemaster Mirko

Sharks, Sea Lions and Seals Galore

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Categories Crew, Guadalupe
Post date 2018-08-25
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By Nautilus Crew on August 25th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

On occasion we also see humpback whales and even beaked whales, which are an extremely rare species that are capable of diving deeper than sperm whales!

Tags andy, beaked whales, dolphins, elephant seals, Ensenada, humpback whales, hunter, joker, kenric, mau, Pacific Ocean, rhet, ropey, scrawled filefish, sea lions, Seals, slashfin

First mate Tavis and I slipped into the water off Cedros Island to check out hordes of sea lions, Guadalupe fur seals and the elephant seals making such a ruckus on the beach.

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive
Post date 2013-11-17
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By Nautilus Staff on November 17th, 2013 in Archive

After 3 Magical days with the great White sharks it was time to point the boat towards the waters of Cedros and Benitos I think some of our guests had already started to wonder how this trip could get any better after spending that much time in the water with such huge animals. This morning […]

Tags Cedros Island, elephant seals, San Benitos, sea lion pups, sea lions, Seals

Another blog from Silvia on station at Lupita (her nickname for Guadalupe Island)

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Categories Archive
Post date 2013-10-17
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By Nautilus Staff on October 17th, 2013 in Archive

Hola, Again!! One more great trip.. this time with a group of 25 French people. A lot of sharks and happy people. When we were leaving the island, the scenario was amazing… how big and beautiful it is with a nice sunset, that’s the way I decide to introduce you to Lupita (my nickname for […]

Tags Baja California, blue shark, cage dive, California Sea Lion, elephant seals, Ensenada, great white sharks, Guadalupe Island, hostess blog, Lupita, mako shark, sea lions, yellow fin tuna

All of our guests were smiling so much because today the pinnipeds touched their hearts..

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Categories Archive
Post date 2013-09-25
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By Nautilus Staff on September 25th, 2013 in Archive

Today we had a great combination of an enchanted mysterious kelp forest and a bunch of curious sea lions, playful Guadalupe seals, shy harbor seals and lazy elephant seals at Cedros island; beautiful sunrise gave us a lovely start this morning near by to the pinniped colony, so we awake with seals barking instead of […]

Tags Cedros Island, curious sea lions, elephant seals, guadalupe fur seal, harbor seals, kelp forest, pinnipeds

Conservation threats

By Nautilus Staff on September 14th, 2013 in Archive

The island was part of the route of the Nao de la China, the Spanish galleon. Galleons were the big wooden cargo ships that made the route from China and the Philippines to the New Spain –as it was called Mexico back then. As the trip was very long, the Spaniards brought some goats with […]

Tags Aluetian, Baja California, burrowing owl, caracara, elephant seals, fauna, fur seals, Galleons, Guadalupe Island, night puffin, Russian, sea lions, Spaniards. lobster

What more do you need than a bikini and great white sharks … thank you for making my dream come true

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Post date 2013-09-07
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By Nautilus Staff on September 7th, 2013 in Archive

One more time the white sharks, pinnipeds and Nautilus rocks! We had more than 8 different sharks during our stay at Guadalupe Island on the Nautilus Explorer. Having around 6 guys every dive caught on our cameras showing how awesome they are plus a bunch of cute sea lions, some shy harbor seals and big […]