What an amazing experience! Ever since I was a child I dreamed of diving with great white sharks and this trip was everything I could have hoped for and more.
Read MoreNot sure why but everything at Roca Partida seems to be very deep 150 feet+, so today here has been a bit of a bust. Only 10-15 sharks all day long other than 30 or so whitetips. Almost no silkies or Galapagos, some silver tips and hammerhead sharks but not enough that by the third […]
Read MoreDear Gordon, Joel, Shaun, Max, Larry, Silvia, Carmen, Juan and Gualberto, You are “ALL individually outstanding crew member.” Exceptionally hard working and accommodating!! The Nautilus Explorer was very comfortable and I loved the hot tub. We could NOT have asked for a better trip. Our dive group was EXCEPTIONAL!! We so enjoyed getting to know […]
Read MoreWe anchored so that we could swim to the dive site, and with no current and very little waves, we had an open deck for the day so guests were free to dive whenever they felt like. Between dives, a lot of guests chose to accompany Marco, our chief mate, on a tour of the shoreline to see the arches and pinnacles and whale watch. From the Nautilus we watched a young humpback whale leap multiple times out of the water followed by an adult humpback breaching creating some wonderful photographic opportunities.
Read MoreIt was a sunny, hot and cloudless day. The visibility was great, we could hear the humpback whales singing underwater, dolphins were interacting with us, we saw lots of really cute juvenile silky sharks as well as white tip reef sharks hiding in caves in the coral gardens, turtles, loads of fish, aggressive Socorro lobsters, schooling wahoo and, of course, giant manta rays.
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