Magnificent Mobulas and More at Isla Tortuga

What really made the dives special was the Mobula rays. On every dive we did here (5 total), we saw Mobula and I don’t mean one or two. I mean many, and the action was constant for the whole of our dives sometimes.

Read More

Ending the season in Los Islotes

Well it’s the last trip of the season in my favorite boat, Nautilus Explorer. We’ve been having a lot of fun; our guests in this trip are awesome. They are enjoying every dive site we go to. Now we end this day of diving in Los Islotes, where the sea lions were very playful. The […]

Read More

Wow, had an early morning rescue to start the day…

I saw a coat hanger (plastic) fly off the top deck of the boat at around six thirty a.m. and I sprang into action, grabbed the boat hook and couldn’t quite reach it, when my co-divemaster onboard, Magic Juan extended his hand to mine and reached me over the side of the boat and lowered […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

Another wreck dive off La Paz

Location: Espiritu Santo, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico We made this morning’s  dive at whale island. Explored the caverns and swimthrough and found some beautiful nudibranchs. Had a closer look on two different cleaning stations  –  one attended by barberfish and the other by juvenile mexican Hogfish.    We then got underway and steamed […]

Read More

Sea of Cortez is Truly Rich in Fish-life and Biomass

Talking about big critters, we did the whale shark snorkeling again and had 5 of them. Everyone saw them. But this time they where not staying and feeding at the surface but resting their tails on the sandy bottom like last time. And in just in 30 feet of water, a young Humpback whale came by!!

Read More