I’m pretty sure a bottlenose dolphin tried to talk to me today, using his blowhole. I was in one of our tenders tied up at the divesite, waiting for the divers to come back. There were dolphins all around the divesite, coming up for a breath and then diving down to play with the divers. […]
Read MoreNon stop mantas at the closest cleaning station full with Clarion Angelfish at 5m depth and no current! Sten / Sweden , Offerdal Photo by Volker Matthes Again Mantas, silver tip sharks and while waiting for bigger things to come even nudibranches! On the first dive during the safety stop coming up the unbelievable happened […]
Read MoreWe had some nice dives with mantas today 4 different individuals and curious ones as well. The visibility was a bit low and the current picked up so after two dives we moved Nautilus Explorer in to an other area that is full of whales. Viz was much better. During the diving we did not […]
Read MoreDas Meer zeigte sich von allen Seiten und erinnerte uns daran, dass wir hier nicht im Zoo sind und auf Bestellung uns die Fische vorgefuehrt werden. Doch ich will und kann nicht klagen, erlebte ich doch heute den bisher schoensten Tauggang meines Lebens. Aber der Reihe nach. Der erste Tauchgang startete mit 3 Mantas, die […]
Read MoreEnroute to Socorro from the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico After a few days exploring the Sea of Cortez we are now back in the open Pacific ocean and again in search of more big animals. We emerged from the Sea of Cortez near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and gradually began feeling the change […]
Read MoreGreat Day! Saw a lot of playful sealions trying to bite in our suits, masks, cameras, imitating our bubbles and being childish clinging to our legs. Also some nice jawfish big groupers and so on. The water was quite cold but playing with mammals is totally different from interaction with fish, so it was worth […]
Read MoreWe started of this morning with help of a micro plane to spot whale shark. It took a good hour until the first big animal that the Pilot spotted was a grey whale instead. We still headed that direction and suddenly the grey whale got changed and we got a whaleshark instead so back to […]
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