Blog from Silvia – one of our most treasured and wonderful hostesses – and her crazy experiences on the last trip including mola mola

Hola…This is Silvia From the Nautilus Explorer, I being working for this great company and my friend, Captain Mike, for almost 10 years.  I have done trips from Sea of Cortez to Alaska, British Columbia, Socorro,, Clipperton, California and Guadalupe. And now we are doing Guadalupe season. This trip is a combo, one of my favorites, because […]

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This is my third trip to Guadalupe Island as first mate with the Nautilus Explorer and once again, it is an awesome experience!

I have been diving all of my life and never thought I would be in the water with great white sharks and loving it.  Truly the best place to see these sharks. Already starting to see the females as well. Along with the sharks, also have seen lots of dolphins, sea lions, sea turtles, yellowfin […]

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Conservation threats

The island was part of the route of the Nao de la China, the Spanish galleon. Galleons were the big wooden cargo ships that made the route from China and the Philippines to the New Spain –as it was called Mexico back then. As the trip was very long, the Spaniards brought some goats with […]

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What more do you need than a bikini and great white sharks … thank you for making my dream come true

One more time the white sharks, pinnipeds and Nautilus rocks! We had more than 8 different sharks during our stay at Guadalupe Island on the Nautilus Explorer. Having around 6 guys every dive caught on our cameras showing how awesome they are plus a bunch of cute sea lions, some shy harbor seals and big […]

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Divemaster Report : San Benitos

Date: Aug 14, 2013 Location: San Benitos Dive 1: 0800 ˆ Peck Rock (north end of East Benitos) Temp: 63F Viz: 90ft Wx: light wind from NW, overcast Seas: 3-4′ nw’ly swell Comments: Good dive, lots of fish life, a few sea lions around. Found a long stretch of fishing long-line and recovered it onboard. […]

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We had 5 great white sharks around us at one point this morning like a pack of wolves coming straight in towards me.

So far I have been having a blast with the great white sharks. I started off the season just to have the island for ourselves. It is just one of those thing that you would say ‘I just want to do it just to say I have done it’ . Trust me this is my […]

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Divemaster blog : This is the best diving I have ever had

3rd Trip of our 2013  Guadalupe great white shark  season on the Nautilus Explorer and I can say that last two days has been  the best diving I have ever had on my 3 years at Guadalupe.  6 different sharks on 1 dive! Hard to beat that one huh? But now we are on our […]

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