I loved this trip.. The water was clear and not as cold as I expected. I’ve seen thousands of great white sharks but I’ve never seen tuna like this. They were fascinating. I was fascinated. And the crew and Nautilus Explorer were brilliant. Valerie Taylor. Trip was fantastic. The gathering of the ocean people onboard the Nautilus […]
Read MoreOs mergulhos foram fantásticos com muitas surpresas sub. A embarcacao Nautilus Explorer e excelente e a tripulacao e muito querida e atenciosa em todo momento. Roca partida e um ponto que todos deveriam conhecer. Todos os mergulhos foram muito especiais e inesqueciveis, com certeza levaremos pela vida toda e na próxima oportunidade voltaremos sem duvida. […]
Read MoreRoca Partida in June seems to take on a whole new life. Any time of the season Roca Partida is always one of our best dive spots and always our best site for big pelagics. At this time of the year however it comes alive like no other. Huge schools of sharks seem to be everywhere. A […]
Read MoreWell this morning finds our sleepy ship rising at a more leisurely pace as today is a non diving day while we make our transit from Socorro Island to the Sea of Cortez. We finished our last two days at San Benedicto with much more giant Manta fun at the boiler. Over the last two […]
Read MoreDay 1. The arrival to San Benedicto is always greeted with the comfort of seeing land, again! It never gets old for me as I approach our first anchorage on the southern side of the island. This puts us squarely in front of the volcano dome which rises rapidly from the sea. Its ash covered […]
Read MoreWe have just completed our first trip of the 2010/2011 Socorro season, in this my third year as Captain on the Nautilus Explorer. All of our favorite big animals were represented in the past 6 days, the Giant Mantas, bottlenose dolphins, hammerhead sharks, among others. Having a destination like the Socorro Islands is one of […]
Read MoreA large female great white shark ensured I wouldn’t be getting my glove back!! Guest blog – Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico.. Myles from Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. – The trip has ended and I can safely say all of my expectations and quite a few of my wildest dreams have been met and exceeded. […]
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