Tag: Sea lion

A Tiger Shark and more at The Canyon

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2018-06-29
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By Nautilus Crew on June 29th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

We had a big tiger shark greet us as we were cruising along the lava flow, it was about 12-14ft long. I have never seen so many young silver tips, I counted 18 at one time, plus a dolphin, huge hammerheads and silkies! What a way to do a check out dive!

Tags canyon, dolphins, false killer whales, hammerheads, Mantas, San Benedicto, Sea lion, silky sharks, silvertip shark, The Boiler, Tiger Shark, turtle

Divemaster Blogs from the Sea of Cortés

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Sea of Cortez
Post date 2018-06-16
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By Nautilus Crew on June 16th, 2018 in Crew, Sea of Cortez

The highlights had to be up close and personal encounters with sea lions and a school of 30-40 mobula rays right above my head! This is the biggest school I have ever seen in 10 years diving and I hope there will be more schools to see later in the trip!

Tags dolphin, groupers, Nudibranch, Sea lion, surgeonfish

Sea Lion Dancers

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2017-12-12
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By Nautilus Staff on December 12th, 2017 in Crew, Socorro

Amazing sharks in Guadalupe Island rocking our eyes out!!! Big Females!! Big Males!! Getting the bait in a couple of minutes! And the submersible cages, wow!!!… super calm and tranquil animal! Cedros and San Benito island kicking my top 5 dive sites I’ve ever been! The sea lions! Suuuper cool! Showing them dancing underwater!… too […]

Tags Cedros Island, san benito, Sea lion

Great Whites up with the morning sun

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Guadalupe, Guests
Post date 2017-10-11
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By Nautilus Staff on October 11th, 2017 in Guadalupe, Guests

What an amazing day! The Great Whites were up with the morning sun with multiple surface hits before the first submersible was lowered down. We’ve been seeing a great combination of male and female sharks. There are often two to three sharks around the cages at one time, making it difficult to decide where to […]

Tags great white sharks, Guadalupe Island, Isla Guadalupe, Nautilus Under Sea, Sea lion

Hoping for a breach experience

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Guadalupe, Guests
Post date 2017-09-20
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By Nautilus Staff on September 20th, 2017 in Guadalupe, Guests

With such a great crew catering to our every need we got so pampered I almost forgot we were here for sharks. However, when the sharks came, there was no denying the intensity of the trip took a turn to the serious. In no time, the crew had the cages in the water and divers […]

Tags cage diving, Great White Shark, Isla Guadalupe, luxury liveaboard, Sea lion, shark

First Day Dives at Swanee

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Crew, Socorro
Post date 2017-06-16
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By Nautilus Staff on June 16th, 2017 in Crew, Socorro

And we are off on another 10-day expedition that will take us to the Sea of Cortez and the Revillagigedo Archipelago. Because of some rough weather down south, for the first time I have been aboard, we have opted to go to the Sea of Cortez first, and it has been a great decision thus […]

Tags la paz, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Sea lion, Sea of Cortez

I felt as if I had been transported to another era watching a giant, smiling dinosaur swimming right towards me. I couldn't believe these animals actually existed.

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive
Post date 2013-11-10
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By Nautilus Staff on November 10th, 2013 in Archive

I had been in a shark cage once before, years ago, in the Farallon Islands (off San Francisco). The water was not more than 60 degrees F, the visibility was less than 10 feet, and since it was a national park, the only thing the boat could do to lure any sharks was to put […]