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A playful sea lion with beautiful eyes at Cedros Island

Guadalupe-Socorro Combo Trip Kicks off the Socorro Season

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Categories Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro
Post date 2018-12-03
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By Nautilus Crew on December 3rd, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe, Socorro

We had Great Whites in Guadalupe, lots of California Sea Lions on the way down south, now Giant Mantas and Silky sharks and dolphins…all in one trip, and the best still lays ahead.

Trip Recap by Lowell

By Nautilus Staff on December 14th, 2017 in Crew, Socorro

Had a wonderful season at Guadalupe. Not many people have the opportunity to come within a foot or two of a Great White shark. Countless shark encounters both above and below the water each trip. We had yellow tail, seals and yellowfin tuna alongside the Whites this year. Something special about this area of the […]

Tags Cedros Island, elephant seal, fur seals, Great White Shark, roca alijos, San Benitos, sea lions

Rocas Alijos is described in the Pilot Book and by the pirate John Clipperton as a dangerous place that should be avoided. We loved it!! 27 Aug 2010. Crew log

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Post date 2010-08-30
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By Nautilus Staff on August 30th, 2010 in Archive

We have left behind 2/3 of our combo trip with great mix of Great White Sharks on Guadalupe Island., and the Rocas Alijos – which are very remote and very seldom visited by dive boats. We are now approaching our next destination – San Benitos Islands. Yes, in this trip we spend time traveling from […]

Tags Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island, roca alijos, san benitos island

Diving remote Rocas Alijos

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Post date 2008-10-29

By Nautilus Staff on October 29th, 2008 in Archive

Location: Rocas Alijos, open ocean pinnacle west of Baja California, Mexico. We arrived remote and mysterious Alijos Rocks finally in flat oily water it made it a little spookey that just upon arrival a mist layed over the rocks. We carefully navigated closer to them and anhored of what seems to be a lava flow […]

Tags Galapagos Shark, Hammerhead shark, nautilus explorer. mexico, roca alijos, silky shark, whitetip reef shark

New dive sites on San Benitos Islands

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Post date 2008-10-28

By Nautilus Staff on October 28th, 2008 in Archive

Location: San Benitos Islands, Baja California, Mexico. We got up early today to move the Nautilus Explorer to a new place around the corner of San Benitos Island. We were visited on the way by Mexican fishermen from the local cooperativa who were worried that we would snag their lobster traps or dive for their […]