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    • Meet the most majestic whales on the planet: Gray whales, humpbacks, blue whales, fin-back whales and whale sharks. Lets not forget about the huge pods of dolphins. Imagine combining the amazing gray whale interaction at San Ignacio Lagoon into an 8 days / 7 nights adventure at sea with all these other animals of Baja and your own spotter plane to absolutely maximize your encounters.
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    • Where there are schooling mobulas there can be orcas and with the help of our spotter aircraft we achieved a 78% success rate with in-water encounters in 2022. We have also encountered blue whales, solitary pregnant whale sharks, huge pods of dolphins and lots of fin whales on previous trips.
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A playful sea lion with beautiful eyes at Cedros Island

Guadalupe-Socorro Combo Trip Kicks off the Socorro Season

  • Post author By Nautilus Crew
  • Post date 2018-12-03
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By Nautilus Crew on December 3rd, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro

We had Great Whites in Guadalupe, lots of California Sea Lions on the way down south, now Giant Mantas and Silky sharks and dolphins…all in one trip, and the best still lays ahead.

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  • Tags abalone, andy, angelfish, bite face, bryn penny, butterfly fish, cabo pearce, cage diving, california sea lions, Cedros Island, Channel Islands, combo trip, dolphins, drogon, el canyon, false killer whales, garibaldis, Giant Mantas, great white sharks, great whites, green turtle, guadalupe-socorro, guitar fish, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, horn sharks, johnny, joker, kelp, las cuevitas, lobsters, luca, Lucy, Mantas, moray eels, pilot fish, roca alijos, Roca Partida, ropey, San Benedicto, San Benitos, sardines, sea lions, sea turtle, shark diving, shark id, sharks, silky sharks, stingrays, taco night, The Boiler, Whale Shark, whitetip sharks
A curious great white swims towards the camera at Guadalupe

120ft+ Visibility at Guadalupe Island!

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  • Post date 2018-10-17
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By Nautilus Crew on October 17th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

I estimate in just two days we have seen upwards of 30 individual sharks from 7ft juveniles that were just a couple of years old up to 15ft plus leviathans which could be 15-20 years old!

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  • Tags big mommas, cage diving, female great whites, giant sharks, great white sharks, great whites, joker, Lucy, shark diving, sharks, slashfin
A large great white at Guadalupe Island

Noontime Shark Fest

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  • Post date 2018-10-05
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By Nautilus Crew on October 5th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

We had 8 or 9 different sharks (the maximum count at once was 6!), with at least three females and many males.

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  • Tags cage diving, great white sharks, great whites, huge divedeck, improvement, joker, Nautilus Explorer, refit, ropey, shark diving, shark wrangling, sharks, upgrades, wrangling
Two great whites together in Guadalupe

Turtles, Sea Lions and, of Course, Sharks at Guadalupe

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  • Post date 2018-09-22
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By Nautilus Crew on September 22nd, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

Once again we had action non-stop all day long. At one point you could see 6 sharks in the same frame, but we had at least 10 different sharks throughout the day.

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  • Tags andy, chelsea, finley, great white sharks, great whites, green turtle, jaques, jeff nuttal, joker, luca arnone, mickey, mikaela victoria, mikayla vernon, monkey, new sharks, paul walker, ropey, sad face, sardines, Sea lion, shark id, shark identification, sharks, the legend, tuna, turtle, vlad, yellow fin tuna

Orcas and Great Whites in One Trip?!

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  • Post date 2018-09-17
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By Nautilus Crew on September 17th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

Just when you think you had it all, as we were sailing back to Ensenada, we were greeted by Orcas!!

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  • Tags andy, big mommas, cage diving, Ensenada, great white sharks, great whites, joker, killer whales, mace, new divers, orcas, pod of orcas, rhett, ropey, shark express, sharks, Shredder
A great white in Guadalupe passes close to the surface cage

An Unlucky Turtle at Guadalupe and More!

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  • Post date 2018-09-12
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By Nautilus Crew on September 12th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

We had about 7 or 8 different sharks with us all day and the guests were all really excited, especially the youngest guest, Sam, who dove with me in the submersible cage and said he had a blast watching them.

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  • Tags bucket list, cage diving, great white sharks, great whites, hunting behaviour, joker, Nautilus Belle Amie, Nautilus Explorer, Sea lion, seagulls, shark behaviour, shark breaches, shark diving, sharks, turtle
A great white close by the shark diving cage, photo by Dan Orr

Perfect Diving Conditions and Crazy Shark Action

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  • Post date 2018-09-11
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By Nautilus Crew on September 11th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

The wranglers were working like crazy, especially when 4 sharks were trying to get the bait at the same time!

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  • Tags andy, brutus, cage diving, california sea lions, geoff nuttal, great white sharks, great whites, jenni walmsley, joker, kenric, legend, luca arnone, mike, rhett, ropey, sad face, sea lions, sgt. pepper, shark diving, sharks, taco night, turtles

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