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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

I got a hug underwater from a harbour seal playing in the shallows at San Martin. I’ve never experienced that before!

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2013-11-07
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By Nautilus Staff on November 7th, 2013 in Archive

Here I am on a Guadalupe combo trip, we started our expedition at San Martin with the kelp diving. Kelp diving makes me feel like I am in a healthy corn field, the only thing is that I am blowing bubbles. Don’t even talk about the harbor seals, this is my third season and I […]

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  • Tags Guadalupe Island, harbor seals, humpback whales, kelp, San Benitos, San Martin, Sea lion

Blog from Silvia – one of our most treasured and wonderful hostesses – and her crazy experiences on the last trip including mola mola

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2013-09-28
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By Nautilus Staff on September 28th, 2013 in Archive, Guadalupe

Hola…This is Silvia From the Nautilus Explorer, I being working for this great company and my friend, Captain Mike, for almost 10 years.  I have done trips from Sea of Cortez to Alaska, British Columbia, Socorro,, Clipperton, California and Guadalupe. And now we are doing Guadalupe season. This trip is a combo, one of my favorites, because […]

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  • Tags blue whale, Cedros Island, dolphins, great white sharks, kelp, mola mola, San Benitos, sea lions

Captain Gordon Kipp’s lowdown report on diving with great white shark at Guadalupe Island

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  • Post date 2013-09-24
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By Nautilus Staff on September 24th, 2013 in Archive, Guadalupe

Currently into our third day of cage diving on this 10 day Guadalupe/San Benitos combo expedition. We’ve had beautiful conditions topside with flat calm water in the anchorage with consistently sunny skies all day. The cage diving started off a little slow on our first day but by late morning the whities had arrived and […]

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  • Tags Cedros Island, great white sharks, kelp, San Benitos

Divemaster Report : San Benitos

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  • Post date 2013-08-31
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By Nautilus Staff on August 31st, 2013 in Archive, Guadalupe

Date: Aug 14, 2013 Location: San Benitos Dive 1: 0800 ˆ Peck Rock (north end of East Benitos) Temp: 63F Viz: 90ft Wx: light wind from NW, overcast Seas: 3-4′ nw’ly swell Comments: Good dive, lots of fish life, a few sea lions around. Found a long stretch of fishing long-line and recovered it onboard. […]

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  • Tags amber jacks, Cedros Island, fur seals, harbor seals, kelp, San Benitos, sea lions, turtle

One young male great white shark poked his nose between the bars on the cage before swimming away without a scratch or a worry in the world

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2013-08-13
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By Nautilus Staff on August 13th, 2013 in Archive, Guadalupe

Had a fantastic day yesterday. On the very first dive in the morning we had 5 individual great white sharks around and the action never really stopped all day long. At least 7 individual males throughout the day. The visibility was beautiful with a clear blue 125 foot, 360 degree window around the submersible cages. […]

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  • Tags great white sharks, kelp, San Benitos, sea lions

The giant kelp forest at San Benitos Island reminds me of a real rainforest. It felt like there should be a breeze blowing through… San Benitos. Aug 27, 2012.

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2012-08-27
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By Nautilus Staff on August 27th, 2012 in Archive

We arrive at San Benitos strait from the famous Island Guadalupe. Well we got everyone ready with all the setup that they need for the dive. We did the checkout dive at Roca Blanca, the vis was not too good but just for one dive that was worth it. We move for the second and […]

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  • Tags dive, kelp, liveaboard, rainforest, san benitos island, scuba, scuba diving, seal lions

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