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Guest Alain's Brief Report

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2018-01-21
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By Nautilus Staff on January 21st, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

Laissons venir a nous les petits enfants de la balle… Some good dives with hammerhead and manta, also many sting rays and whitetips. – Alain Sigrist Geneva, Switzerland

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Forever spoiled by diving El Boiler!

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2018-01-20
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By Nautilus Staff on January 20th, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

I am forever spoiled, for nothing will beat how amazing our first dive was today at el boiler! Dolphins, mantas, hammerheads oh my! A big thank you to all of the crew on the Nautilus Explorer! – Sienna Pickard (@siennapickard) Salt Lake City, Utah

Tags dolphin, giant manta ray, Hammerhead shark, Nautilus Explorer, Nautilus Luxury Liveaboards

The Cabo Pierce dolphins get close!

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2018-01-19
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By Nautilus Staff on January 19th, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

Another stunning trip at the Belle Amie and with wonderful guests! Loads of marine life! I had my first encounter with Dolphins in Socorro at Cabo Pierce and wow! Just unexplainable how these animals get so close to us and invite you to tickle them! Whale shark, school of scalloped Hammerheads, 2x great Hammerheads, jacks, […]

Tags black tip sharks, cabo pearce, dolphin, Galapagos Shark, giant manta ray, hammerhead, Hammerhead shark, luxury liveaboards, Nautilus Belle Amie, Tiger Shark, Whale Shark, whitetip shark

Dive 4: Return of Gertrude

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2018-01-04
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By Nautilus Staff on January 4th, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

And what a start to the day…13 dolphins swam close by to say “Welcome to Socorro”. Dive two…the meeting with “Gertrude”, a very large Manta ray. A fellow team member decided her name would be Gertrude. For 25 minutes, this friendly giant stayed and played. What an incredible first encounter. Thanks Pato for finding her […]

Tags black manta, cabo pearce, chevron manta, dolphin, Galapagos Shark, giant manta ray, Hammerhead shark, Moray Eel, silky shark, silvertip shark, whitetip shark

What a first day diving – WOW!

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2018-01-03
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By Nautilus Staff on January 3rd, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

The first dive day of the trip WOW?!!!??!! First dive, 2 Hammers, 2 Silver Tips, loads of White Tips. 2nd dive Hammers, Silver Tips (loads) massive Manta, 3 Silkies (wowsers!) and loads of White Tips again. 3rd dive massive Silver Tips riding current, and a little baby Silver Tip (so cute). White Tips and Silkies. […]

Tags giant manta ray, Hammerhead shark, revillagigedo, silky shark, silvertip shark, whitetip shark

Day 2 – It gets even better?

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Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2017-12-21
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By Nautilus Staff on December 21st, 2017 in Crew, Socorro

Today was one of those diving days where you continually just ask yourself: does it get any better? We started our second day of diving waking up to beautifully calm conditions at Isla Socorro’s Cabo Pearce. We set out from the Nautilus Explorer in our skiffs and rolled in to beautiful blue water, great visibility, […]

Tags cabo pearce, chevron manta, dolphin, giant manta ray, isla socorro, Nautilus Explorer, silky shark

Crystal blue waters by the lava finger

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Categories Guests, Socorro
Post date 2017-12-20
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By Nautilus Staff on December 20th, 2017 in Guests, Socorro

Crystal blue, warm waters made the start of an amazing dive day today! Cruising along an imposing rock wall, we turned and headed down the lava finger and were greeted by a giant manta ray! Soon followed by another, and another! Absolutely incredible!! They come so close and look you right in the eye – […]