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giant mantas

Awesome Encounters at Archipelago Revillagigedo

  • Post author By Nautilus Crew
  • Post date 2023-03-31
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By Nautilus Crew on March 31st, 2023 in Dive Report, Socorro

We found big Galapagos sharks, a school of hammerheads, some silky sharks, and a Tiger shark! The icing on the cake was passing lots of black and chevron mantas and a Mobula ray, all at eye contact distance.

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  • Tags chevron mantas, dolphins, galapagos sharks, giant black manta, hammerheads, humpback, mobula rays, Punta Tosca, silky sharks, socorro island, tiger sharks

What Happens in La Ventana, Stays in La Ventana

  • Post author By Nautilus Crew
  • Post date 2022-05-25
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By Nautilus Crew on May 25th, 2022 in Conservation, Sea of Cortez

Thanks to our spotter plane, we are now able to spot them quite easily, they normally congregate in groups of up to 10,000! We notice they are more active and breach more often when the sun goes down, we call it ”the sunset show”. One of the coolest behaviours Katie and I enjoy watching is the courtship behaviour, when a small group of males chases a female, she often times try to be evasive twisting and turning in different directions while the males mirror her movements, from above it looks like a beautiful slow-motion dance. 

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  • Tags La Ventana, mating season, mobula, mobula rays, Nautilus Gallant Lady, Sea of Cortez

In My Thirty-Seven Years as a Marine Biologist, I Have Never Had Three Days Such an Action-Packed Encounter.

  • Post author By Nautilus Guests
  • Post date 2022-05-20
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By Nautilus Guests on May 20th, 2022 in Sea of Cortez reviews

Oh my god! What an experience! It is so obvious that the staff love their job and enjoy sharing this experience with their guests. Even the captain is completely accessible and interacts with the group. He even put out a parade with the dolphins at the end of the day.  We were reminded multiple times […]

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  • Tags dolphins, mobula rays, Nautilus Gallant Lady, Sea of Cortez, whales
A manta ballet in Socorro

New and Repeat Guests are Blown Away at Socorro

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  • Post date 2019-01-25
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By Nautilus Guests on January 25th, 2019 in Guests, Socorro

So, this was my first liveaboard experience. WOW! It doesn’t get any better than this! The diving was unbelievable! Mantas galore and I swear they mimic the divers.

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  • Tags baby dolphin, blacktip sharks, dolphins, eels, false killer whales, french, galapagos sharks, german, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, humpback whales, lobsters, Mantas, mobula rays, Roca Partida, sea lions, sharks, silky sharks, silvertip sharks, spanish, sting rays, tiger sharks, whale sharks, whitetip sharks, yellowfin tuna
A beautiful manta flying with its remora. Photo by Divemaster Mirko

Incredible Diversity in the Revillagigedo Archipelago

  • Post author By Nautilus Crew
  • Post date 2019-01-18
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By Nautilus Crew on January 18th, 2019 in Crew, Socorro

El Canyon was incredible with the diversity including a school of hammerheads, a few juvenile silvertips, a couple of really big Galapagos sharks, some juvenile Dusky sharks, a few chevron mantas and 2 amazing tiger sharks.

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  • Tags black mantas, cabo pearce, chevron mantas, cuevitas, dolphins, dusky sharks, el canyon, galapagos sharks, giant manta rays, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, humpback whales, Mantas, mobula rays, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, schooling hammerheads, sharks, silky sharks, silvertip sharks, The Boiler, tiger sharks, tuna, Wahoo, whales, whitetip sharks
Dancing mantas at Socorro

Happy Guests in Socorro

  • Post author By Nautilus Guests
  • Post date 2018-07-09
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By Nautilus Guests on July 9th, 2018 in Guests, Sea of Cortez, Socorro

Another day, another awesome Manta dive on the Nautilus UnderSea! Our dive guides, Sten and Juan seem to summon them to us with their amazing telepathic skills – either that or we have just been lucky. Seriously though, we have dived all over the world and have never met mantas so curious and friendly.

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  • Tags galapagos sharks, hammerheads, Mantas, mobula rays, sea lions, silky sharks, silvertips, spanish, The Boiler, whitetips
Tropical Fish in the Sea of Cortez

Magnificent Mobulas and More at Isla Tortuga

  • Post author By Nautilus Crew
  • Post date 2018-06-21
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By Nautilus Crew on June 21st, 2018 in Crew, Sea of Cortez

What really made the dives special was the Mobula rays. On every dive we did here (5 total), we saw Mobula and I don’t mean one or two. I mean many, and the action was constant for the whole of our dives sometimes.

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  • Tags dolphins, false killer whale, Grouper, Isla Tortuga, king angelfish, mobula rays, snapper, surgeonfish, tuna, turtles, Whale Shark, yellowtail

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