This day will stay in our memories forever; We saw a real huge and curious whale shark at Roca Partida. It came really close by and returned twice, which offers me the great opportunity to take photos as well. Awesome!!! Next to that we saw a big school of hammerheads and silvertips almost on every […]
Read MoreLocation: San Benedicto After an amazing final 3 days with the White Sharks of Guadalupe and a quick 3-dive stopover in San Benitos we set out on the 600 nautical mile run south back to the magical islas of the Revillagigedos, also known as Socorro. With the prevailing NW’ly swell supplying us with a gentle […]
Read MoreLocation: Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico Loading on board an IMAX 3D camera is no easy task. It takes a lot of pre-planning and a crane. Fortunately, we had both. With the camera safely loaded and the bus on-time from San Diego, the Nautilus Explorer cast off her lines and headed for Guadalupe. Our departure […]
Read MoreThe sharks were off to a slow start this morning, but a few whales showed up in the distance to help. Most of us spent the first morning dive looking for ways to entertain ourselves…I was trying to catch fish with my bare hands. Actually came close a couple of times, but that is more […]
Read MoreLocation: Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico Transit With the threat of big seas, the Nautilus spent the night at the dock with the plan to let the ocean calm a little. This turned out to be a great move because as we left the harbor at 6am, we hardly noticed the transition to open ocean. […]
Read MoreDay 1 of 3 in the cages and we have already had some incredible action. We have had sharks on every dive and they are coming close to the cages. A large female, about 14′ swam around the submersible cages all day and dominated two other equally large females that showed up in the late […]
Read MoreLocation: Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico Diving Day 2 The seas had calmed overnight and our move seemed to be for the better. Schools of mackerel were all around the boat; a very good sign. Small fish attract big fish big fish attract sharks. Even though the day started a bit slow, we soon had […]
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