One of Those Moments That Will Remain in Our Memories Forever!

We didn’t know where to look, fin whales were all around us. After spending more than 1-hour cruising around the bay of La Paz with them, we stopped the engines, jumped in the water, and float on the glassy flat sea surface without a single noise but the constant breathing of the whales in the distance.

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Captain’s Noon Reports – Gallant Lady- 2022-01-31

Everyone also got to see fin whales and a humpback, as well as all kinds of dolphins that were in the area. “Best day ever” was heard several times as the guests came back to the Gallant Lady to refuel with lunch. During lunch, we motored two hours south to the beautiful bay of Agua Verde where we enjoyed cocktails on the beach and our famous taco night.

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Guadalupe Island History Explained

Welcome to Guadalupe Island! Situated in deep water off the continental shelf of North America, the history of Guadalupe Island is rich with Spanish and Portuguese explorers, pirates, gold and the Manila galleons, rapacious American and Russian sealers and fur traders. We love Guadalupe Island and hope that you will come to feel the same way. This volcanic island is estimated to be 8 million years old!!

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First Day Dives at Swanee

And we are off on another 10-day expedition that will take us to the Sea of Cortez and the Revillagigedo Archipelago. Because of some rough weather down south, for the first time I have been aboard, we have opted to go to the Sea of Cortez first, and it has been a great decision thus […]

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Trip Report: Nautilus Explorer and the Sea of Cortez – By mathauck0814 on ScubaBoard

Last September my wife, Ashley, and I joined some friends in Cabo for a non-diving weekend of adult beverages and general debauchery. To our surprise, we were able to get in a day of diving with the good folks at Nautilus Dive Tech. While this is not meant to be a review of NDT, I feel I […]

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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 […]

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