Diving at Roca Partida has been GREAT!!!! We could see the bottom at 250 feet and a giant whale shark posed for us.. crew and guest blog – 02 June, 2010.

Dancing with a Whale Shark at Roca Partida The past two days diving here at Roca Partida have been great. We have had some of the clearest water ever, we could even see the bottom at 250′. Yesterday, on our first dive we were slowly drifting along the back side of the rock when Peter […]

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She was a "player" – you don’t feel the same staring a giant manta in the eye – Socorro Island – Guest blog – December 20, 2009

Dave/ Dec 30 \nautilus explorer- Soccorro island Diving started with hammerheads, then slow at the Boiler at San Benedicto Island and then on to Soccorro Islands.  The first day current was ripping. The only players were a silvertip and two whitetips.  Next morning off to Punta Tosca, Soccorro Island.  early morning dive, not much, only […]

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Guest Blog – Dec. 9/09 – Diving with Giant mantas, and feeding sharks

I have been diving for forever, and one of the best dives I have ever done was yesterday at Roca Partida. Every critter you can think of was out there feeding, white tips and silver tips actively hunting, 4 scallop hammer head sharks just hanging in the current, the dive finished up with 2 giant […]

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Guest Blog – Octopus, Wolf eels, and black bears on the tip of Vancouver Island Aug.17/09

Dave-I miss my light Robert- we saw wolf eels, octos and finished my book Lois-That was cool, I love the Wolf eels, they’re so ugly they’re cute Lee Ann- I just love those wolf eels, they’re like a bulldog, so cute Oleg- Nature didn’t create everyone equal, some creatures have two hands with twenty fingers, […]

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Guest Blog – Octopus Party – July 27/09

Laura – The crew is fantastic and exceeded all my expectations and imagination of what a crew would be.  My big wish when I came on Nautilus Explorer was to see a Wolf Eel and I was just blowwn away to see one so up close and personal.  They really have big heads.  I was […]

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Guest Blog 29 June 2009

Looking back at my circumnavigation of Vancouver Island May 23 – June 1, 2009 So it was about 4:30 pm on Saturday when we arrived on the dock in Steveston for our dive trip that would take us around Vancouver Island. Our trip had been a long time coming as we had to book the […]

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Guest Blog 22 June 2009

On our way to Sitka I had a marvellous day. Last dive very decent right dive to finish this  tour , cause I had enough time to think about the sealions I saw yesterday. Ulrish A great day on the Nautilus. We had a nice dive on a small reef on the end of a […]

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