14 gold medals for Canada!! Plus chance of a lifetime diving with a humpback whale and calf 2 metres away in over 100 feet of water. Guest log. 28 Feb 2010

The last dive of our Socorro  trip was spectacular: a summary of what we have seen on the trip so far. At 30m a school of hammerhead sharks was waiting for us and on the way down two large silvertip sharks were following us accompanied by rainbow runners. At the same time two silky sharks […]

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The diver started kicking like a dolphin and got the 5 dolphins around him so excited they started spinning around him like a top – Guest and Captain Log – 20 FEB 2010

Today the guests and crew of the Nautilus Explorer are nearing the end of an 8 day adventure trip to Socorro Island.  Well, San Benedicto Island and Roca Partida to be more accurate. Later tonight we will arrive back at Cabo San Lucas.  This his has been an adventure for our guests, and for myself […]

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Female dolphin has been claimed as the girlfriend of all our male divemasters – January 13, 2010 – Captain's Log

Location: Socorro Islands, Baja California South, Mexico We just completed our last dive day of this 10 day expedition to the wilds of the Socorro Islands, offshore Pacific Mexico. This place never ceases to amaze even the most seasoned veterans of the area with the sheer variety of big marine animals to be seen and […]

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Leading giant manta ray researchers and scientists onboard studying our favorite mantas.

Location: Cabo Pearce, Socorro Island, Baja California. Mexico Diving down by the inner cleaning station on at Cabo Pearse on Socorro Island was just one of these dives again!! A complete wall of hammerhead sharks ray we where hanging on to the rocks and made our self as small as possible and we got a […]

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Surge + downcurrent at Roca Partida proves a bit humbling for experienced divers. Guest blog. January 9, 2010

Roca Partida was a great dive site, where repetition on the site was anything but boring. each dive we had no idea which place to look first, at the silver tip sharks, the pod of dolphins, the hammerhead sharks or the enormous yellow fin tuna making the rounds. Lisa tried to tell me about some […]

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Silvia writes in with our first ever "hostess log". January 7 2010 Guest blog

This is my sixth year of working on the Nautilus Explorer and while I love working with Captain Mike and meeting many great guests and having good times, scuba diving still rocks.  I have my first nice dive from this trip, as soon I was in the water in the dive site called “The Boiler” […]

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Poor octopus tumbling down a wall chased by sharks. Guest blog – January 2, 2010

Saved the best Socorro diving for the end of the trip.  Roca Partida “ROCKS. After celebrating new years, we awoke to a small rock rising out of the ocean.  As we rolled of the zodiacs and peered into the depths, silvertip sharks and whitetip sharks greeted us then a dolphin swam by. The silver tip […]

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