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A Trip Aboard the Gallant Lady – A Not-To-Be-Missed Experience

  • Post author By Nautilus Guests
  • Categories Guest Reviews
  • Post date 2023-05-15
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By Nautilus Guests on May 15th, 2023 in Guest Reviews

Take a trip on the Nautilus Gallant Lady and you will keep coming back for more. What starts mainly as a diving trip to bond with incredible sea animals goes to another level with incredible hospitality

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  • Tags blue whale, fin whales, humpbacks, orcas, sea lions, sperm whales

Up Close with Incredible Sea Creatures Aboard the Nautilus Gallant Lady

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  • Categories Guest Reviews
  • Post date 2023-05-03
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By Nautilus Guests on May 3rd, 2023 in Guest Reviews

It is incredible what you see when diving and snorkeling beneath the ocean. La Renita is one of the best dive sites in the world and we were not disappointed on our trip on board the Nautilus Gallant Lady.

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  • Tags dolphins, humpback whales, humpbacks, mobulas

Moving with the Sea Animals – A Fascinating Experience

  • Post author By Nautilus Guests
  • Categories Guest Reviews
  • Post date 2023-04-21
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By Nautilus Guests on April 21st, 2023 in Guest Reviews

It seemed there were hundreds of these sea animals, all swimming gracefully in their chosen space while we admired the amazing world of nature.

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  • Tags dolphins, false killer whale, false killer whales, fin whales, humpbacks, mobulas, sea lions

As the sun is rising, painting the horizon from a gradual red to deep orange. Mantas baby. giant mantas. The sky blending from light blue to deep dark midnight.

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2014-01-17
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By Nautilus Staff on January 17th, 2014 in Archive

San Benedicto round two! What better way to finish the trip off than as we started her. Mantas Baby. Giant mantas. Not only mantas though unexpectedly, as we came back to San Ben for, but dolphins, hammerhead sharks and an extra little surprise too! As the sun’s rising, painting the horizon from a gradual red […]

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  • Tags dolphins, humpbacks, peace in the sea, San Benedicto Island, scuba with mantas, sunrise

Amazing Scuba Diving at Inian Island

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • 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.

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  • Tags Alaska, Anemones, coral, exploratory diving, humpback whales, humpbacks, Icy Strait, Inian Island, invertebrates, nudibranchs, salmon sharks, sea lions, sea otters, stellar sea lions, whales

A Mentally Unbalanced Humpback Whale?

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2008-06-21
By Nautilus Staff on June 21st, 2008 in Archive

Anyways, we saw one young adult today who defied any description of humpback whale behaviour that I have ever observed. Bob (which is what we named this guy) was hanging out with stellar sea lions instead of other humpback whales. Not only was Bob hanging out and interacting with 10-20 sea lions at a time, but he also seemed to be mimicking their behaviour. Twisting and turning on the surface and throwing himself from side to side. Bob was even doing barrel rolls and swimming along on his back. Even more oddly, Bob approached the Nautilus Explorer a couple of times with his head out of the water – just like a sea lion. All I can say is that never before have I seen a humpback whale that so clearly wanted to be a sea lion. 

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  • Tags Alaska, humpback whales, humpbacks, Icy Strait, Inian Island, Point Adolphus, sea lions, whale behaviour, whale songs, whales

Giant Manta Rays Dance with Scuba Divers

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2008-03-23
By Nautilus Staff on March 23rd, 2008 in Archive

We 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.

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  • Tags baby whales, champagne mimosas, dolphins, el canyon, giant manta rays, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, hot tub, humpback whales, humpbacks, manta rays, Mantas, San Benedicto, sharks, snorkelling, The Boiler, whale watching, whales

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