Diving Isla Espiritu Santo and Los Islotes in the Sea of Cortez is a unique and different experience with its own charm – and generally calm water – and excellent visibility. Isla Espiritu Santo We started the day at the artificial wreck Fang Ming that came in with Chinese refugees and later became the first […]
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Well it’s the last trip of the season in my favorite boat, Nautilus Explorer. We’ve been having a lot of fun; our guests in this trip are awesome. They are enjoying every dive site we go to. Now we end this day of diving in Los Islotes, where the sea lions were very playful. The […]
Read MoreOur friend and passionate conservationist Erendira Valle writes “I’m producing a short film about the harmony between humans and marine animals. The free diver is Maria Teresa and we want to get images of her with sharks and giant manta rays. We started with the California sea lions at Los Islotes and send […]
Read MoreLast 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 […]
Read MoreNote from Captain Mike: Report just in on errant unusually aggressive behaviour from a dominant male sea lion at Los Islotes. More to follow… I didn’t tell my wife to check the blogs, but I’d like to tell er I had an awesome trip as usual on the Nautilus Explorer and the crew could […]
Read MoreSo after finishing up last day diving in San Benedicto and Socorro Island with A LOT of hammerhead sharks at the Canyon and actually no big animals at the Boiler we decided to run north to the Sea of Cortez for a couple of days of scuba diving. . We met som decent waves on […]
Read MoreSten reported that they started the trip off with a visit to Los Islotes and the resident population of California sea lion pups. The scuba divers let the sea lions chew on their fins, their wetsuits and one diver was even “kissed” on the mouth. The last dive of the day was on the wreck of the Fang Min – a Chinese fishing boat that was caught fishing illegally in Mexican waters, confiscated and then sunk as an artificial reef on November 17, 1999.
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