Sea of Cortez is known worldwide as the “aquarium of the world” by Jacques Ives Cousteau. This is where we are going for our underwater adventure, departing from Cabo San Lucas. Our first destination is Cerralvo Island, which has now been renamed as “Jacques Cousteau Island” as a tribute to this legendary explorer. For our […]
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Our first sunset on the journey to Costa Rica, boat just came out of dry dock, everything is working good, loads of things were done to get the boat ready and in good shape for the Ocean & Rainforest and Cocos Island of the Sharks trips. Crew excited to be here. As sun went down […]
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What makes a diving trip spectacular? What is the pinnacle of diving? This is my third trip to Socorro with Nautilus – twice on the Explorer and once on the Belle Amie. Simply put, each trip has been as spectacular as the next! On my first trip, I had a glorious interaction with dolphins! On […]
Read MoreFirst time on a liveaboard, and definitely the trip of a lifetime! From the thoughtful and caring service of the crew to the clean and spacious boat, and of course the highlight of the trip – diving with all the amazing creatures, it was a trip to remember! As relatively less experienced divers, the divemasters were ready to accommodate and help out in whatever way they could to make the diving as safe and enjoyable as possible. Swimming with multiple species of sharks, and mantas, and being surrounded by fish in a bait ball were the highlights of the trip and experiences which I will always remember.
Read MoreThis trip was a trip of a lifetime!!! We saw an endless supply of sharks, mantas, breaching whales, and even several dolphins. I’ve been around whales for quite some time, but I have never seen a breach, and we saw a mother-calf breach multiple times between our dives and even cruised by our skiff after one of the dive groups saw them underwater. We had such a JAWS-some experience.
Read MoreThe Trip to Socorro was just incredible, even better than I expected or hoped it would be mantas, dolphins, and lots of sharks, I felt like I was in a BBC underwater documentary. The best dives of my life, you don’t get to see that anywhere else.
Read MoreEveryone was in high spirits coming out of the water. As we got on the skiff we looked to see a shooting star up above us. One of my dive companions noted we’ve seen the stars below now we see the stars above.
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