Tag: plankton bloom

Blown Away by a Humpback Whale in Browning Pass

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike
Post date 2007-06-05

By Nautilus Staff on June 5th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike

The thrill of the day was when a humpback whale came down the middle of Browning Pass just as we were wrapping up a dive at Snowfall. A couple of divers with “code yellows” made the heroic decision to “hold on” and let us drift down the pass and observe the humpback. We were all “blown away” (pun intended) when the humpy surfaced 20ft away from the skiff after a 6 – 8 minute dive. Emily and Charlie were on the skiff with me and it was awesome to see their excitement. Having the kids onboard has made this an especially and exceptionally enjoyable trip for me.

Tags Browning Pass, coral invertebrate life, humpback whales, plankton bloom, port hardy, snowfall

Schooling juvenile silvertip sharks

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Socorro
Post date 2007-03-07

By Nautilus Staff on March 7th, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

Captain Dave reports that on their first morning dive at El Canyon at San Benedicto Island, divers saw two hammerhead sharks swimming alongside a school of silvertip sharks. Some of the Silvertips were very small, measuring less than 2.5ft. Meanwhile, one of the hammerheads was huge for a scalloped hammerhead – an estimated 12 feet!