I got a hug underwater from a harbour seal playing in the shallows at San Martin. I’ve never experienced that before!

Here I am on a Guadalupe combo trip, we started our expedition at San Martin with the kelp diving. Kelp diving makes me feel like I am in a healthy corn field, the only thing is that I am blowing bubbles. Don’t even talk about the harbor seals, this is my third season and I […]

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We got to see another California sea lion cruising around the great white sharks. It's a good thing they keep their heads on a swivel.

We heading back after a great Guadalupe trip with great white sharks. I got to see Lucy she is a big female that have her tail broken she has been like that since that is three years ago.  Captain Mike tells me that she used to be beautiful and perfect and then one day she […]

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What the heck is this giant tuna doing hanging out with great white sharks at Guadalupe Island

Here I am on my way back out to Guadalupe Island with the weather on our side. It has been a very good crossing so far, on the way out it was just blue. We always encourage guests to look out on the horizon to look for the whales and dolphins. On the way out […]

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The sea lions followed us all the way back to the Nautilus Explorer but were not able to climb up the dive ladder

So far we had a great time at San Benito’s . We did a nice shallow dive with the sea lion and not to forget the kelp forest underwater. The vis was about 80 plus temp 63F, it was refreshing but we have a lot of fun . We move over to the island Cedros […]

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Our first great white shark of the season at Guadalupe Island. My heartbeat was going 100 prm and made me feel ALIVE!!!

How do you like TORO from Guadalupe Island onboard the Nautilus Explorer? July 30th 2013 I think he is really cute!! He poses well and he is very photogenic!! – Emily Lever We may not have seen any great white sharks today but we saw sea lions, storm petrels, dolphins, whales and my highlight was […]

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Celebrating Independence day with Americans onboard a Canadian boat drinking Mexican beer…

Note from Captain Mike: Report just in on errant unusually aggressive behaviour from a dominant male sea lion at Los Islotes.   More to follow… I didn’t tell my wife to check the blogs, but I’d like to tell er I had an awesome trip as usual on the Nautilus Explorer and the crew could […]

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We were surrounded in the sea lion infested waters of Los Islotes. This is one of the most incredible places we have ever dived

Thank you for the wonderful dive, so many fishes for the one dive is not possible!!! so many groupers and snappers seems not possible…and then the sea lions at the safety stop for the perfect ending… The visibility at islotes was not the best, but the sea lions fun and excitement was more than my […]

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