Tag: Los Islotes

Kissed by a California Sea Lion in the Sea of Cortez

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Post date 2007-11-26

By Nautilus Staff on November 26th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Sea of Cortez

Sten 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.

Tags california sea lions, fang min, Los Islotes, sea lions, Sea of Cortez, wreck diving

Spring Diving in the Sea of Cortez

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Post date 2007-03-30

By Nautilus Staff on March 30th, 2007 in Archive, Sea of Cortez

We had a moderately rough crossing from Isla San Franciscito to Los Islotes (close to Espirito Santo) but were rewarded with an amazing sighting of a baby blue whale. At Los Islotes, we surprised some underwater harvesters fishing illegally. Unfortunately, they took off before we could get a good picture of them. Our divers had a couple of great dives and saw lots of neat stuff including California sea lion pups who came over to play with the divers.