We sailed from the port of Ensenada around midnight, fully loaded with fuel, food and a boat full of excited divers.

By on November 14th, 2013 in Archive

This marks the beginning of the changing of seasons for us, we will start by cage diving with great whites sharks at the Island of Guadalupe, then head south east to the dense kelp forests of Benitos and Cedros Islands to splash around with seals, sea lions and elephant seals. Once the Northern portion of […]

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This is one of those places that if you captured it in a painting, it would look surreal and tacky. Burnt orange island with a contrast of colours on cobalt blue water

By on November 9th, 2013 in Archive

  This morning I woke up to my alarm and looked out my porthole. It was dark with the smallest hint of orange in the eastern sky. I trundled up to grab a cup of coffee with the rest of the crew. At 6:15 we had the cages in the water and the sky was […]

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I felt that I had been dropped into a sea lion nursery. I was surrounded by juvenile california sea lions trying to figure out this strange looking visitor.

By on November 3rd, 2013 in Archive

San Benitos and the word of the day is sea-lions. Day 4 and it was a 4-dive day for me. The first three dives of the day were like being dropped in a sea lion nursery just surrounded by juvenile sea lions that wanted to play around and figure out who these strange looking visitors […]

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We would swim out into a clearing and the sun would beam through the fronds casting a golden glow over the sea floor. The Garibaldi would give us haughty looks.

By on October 29th, 2013 in Archive

Hostess Carmen and I got our dive gear ready and in a flash were headed out on one of the skiffs with 1st Mate Shaun at the helm. We dropped down in a kelp forest just off Isla Cedros and after a few minutes of adjusting weights we were off! I can’t remember a time […]

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Another blog from Silvia on station at Lupita (her nickname for Guadalupe Island)

By on October 17th, 2013 in Archive

Hola, Again!! One more great trip.. this time with a group of 25 French people. A lot of sharks and happy people. When we were leaving the island, the scenario was amazing… how big and beautiful it is with a nice sunset, that’s the way I decide to introduce you to Lupita (my nickname for […]

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Loved going out in pangas to swim with dolphins and get close to blue whales! What a surprise on a Guadalupe great white shark trip.

By on October 12th, 2013 in Archive

No mucho que decir… Excelente viaje, uno de los mejores de mi vida, vine a cumplir un suenio y vaya que lo hice! Sin duda que la Compania, el barco y sus comodidades, no serian lo mismo sin la excelente tripulacion que hacen que Nautilus sea lo que es. Desearia tener mas dinero para poder […]

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It’s that time of the season when the really big female white sharks start showing up at Guadalupe Island. We call them big momma’s.

By on September 30th, 2013 in Archive

For the first 6 weeks or so of the season we see almost exclusively male white sharks. Generally they are a little smaller in size than the females, especially in girth. When a big female appears in front of the cages they are unmistakable and awe inspiring. Their movements are a little more slow, more […]

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