Tag: exploratory diving

A Fabulous New Dive Site at Inian Island

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Post date 2008-07-14

By Nautilus Staff on July 14th, 2008 in Archive

I am always up for trying 2 or 3 exploratory new dives on a trip if our guests are “up” for it. The folks on this trip are terrific sports and up for exploratory diving. We lucked out today with the discovery of a beautiful, albeit current-sensitive, pinnacle loaded with invertebrate life including corals, sponges and anemones as well as a giant pacific octopus and wolf eels.

Tags Alaska, Anemones, corals, exploration dives, exploratory diving, giant pacific octopus, Icy Strait, Inian Island, invertebrate life, sponges, wolf eels

Amazing Scuba Diving at Inian Island

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Post date 2008-06-22

By Nautilus Staff on June 22nd, 2008 in Archive

There is a large population of stellar sea lions around Inian Island that are always interested in scuba divers and the Nautilus Explorer – to the point that they hang around between dives and sometimes come half out of the water to try and look in the portholes of the ship! Fish life is great. Humpback whales and sea otters swim back and forth past the boat all day long. The scenery is absolutely spectacular although that is a pretty lame description compared to the reality of the vista across the strait. It would be more accurate to describe the mountains to the north as imagining what it would look like if a scaled down version of the Himalayas extended to the water’s edge!! There are even rumours of salmon sharks (ie. imagine a 10 foot scaled down version of a great white shark) in the area and you can bet that we are keeping our eyes open for those guys. It’s an amazing place and unquestionably worth diving and continuing our explorations.