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Some really BIG sharks at Clipperton Island, discovery of an anchor from a spanish galleion, a moray eel attack and a fishing accident – Guest log – April 21, 2010

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Post date 2010-04-22
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By Nautilus Staff on April 22nd, 2010 in Archive

The fishing accident: A weird thing happened this evening. Another boat showed up way out here. Two people. Fishing I guess, although when we asked them about their visit here, they couldn’t seem to explain it. They came to our boat in a small zodiac off their bigger boat. As they got closer I could […]

Tags Clipperton Island, dolphins, Great White Shark, Hammerhead shark, Moray Eel, shark, silvertip reef shark

First dive reports are in on Clipperton Atoll, the Island that time forgot and a dive destination visited only twice before — by the Nautilus Explorer and by Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau. April 16, 2010

By Nautilus Staff on April 16th, 2010 in Archive

It was 3 years since we came here the very first time and the island still exists! A big group of bottlenose dolphins piloted us in to the islands. We are finally here! And I am excited to be back again to learn a bit more about this very remote coral atoll. And the water! […]

Tags bottlenose dolphin, Clipperton Atoll, Clipperton Island, dolphins, galapagos sharks, giant manta, Hammerhead shark, mexico, Moray Eel, Nautilus Explorer, shark, silkie shark, silky shark, silvertip reef shark

Diving at Rocal Partida with a Tsunami warning – what it was like. Divemaster Log for 27 – 28 February, 2010.

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Post date 2010-03-02
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By Nautilus Staff on March 2nd, 2010 in Archive

Location: Roca Partida, Socorro island, Baja California, Mexico Approaching Roca Partida in the morning we got a Tsunami warning via our Inmarsat communicating a earth quake outside of the coast of Chile on a scale of 8.8 We got the information that it would arrive around 1045 AM at our site. We are in this […]

Tags galapagos sharks, Hammerhead shark, humpback whales, mexico, Revillagigedos, Roca Partida, silvertip reef shark

Our first breaching humpack whale this season at Socorro Island

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Post date 2009-12-28
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By Nautilus Staff on December 28th, 2009 in Archive

Location: The Canyon and Boiler dive site, San Benedicto Island, Socorro, Revillagigedos Departed Cabo San Lucas first thing yesterday morning and had a smooth easy ride down to Socorro Island. Which is true almost all the time during the winter season. We got welcomed by Bottlenose dolphins at San Benedicto Island, We started up with […]

Tags bottlenose dolphin, giant manta, Hammerhead shark, Nautilus Explorer, Revillagigedos, San Benedicto, silvertip reef shark, socorro island, The Boiler, The Canyon

Straight into the beak of a bottlenose dolphin

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Post date 2009-01-05

By Nautilus Staff on January 5th, 2009 in Archive

Location: The Canyon, San Benedicto Island, Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Baja Mexico. We had barely left our berth in Cabo San Lucas when the action started. I was just about to start a safety briefing when our captain, Brad, called over the PA that he had sighted humpback whales. Our guests quickly grabbed their cameras and headed […]

Tags dolphin, Humpback Whale, manta, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, silvertip reef shark

3 Giant manta rays hang out with us all day

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Post date 2008-11-25

By Nautilus Staff on November 25th, 2008 in Archive

For our final two days of diving we made the short 35 mile crossing north to San Benedicto Island. First stop was the Canyon, on the south side of the island, offering a well protected bay from any swell in the area. Another beautiful day today with lots of sunshine and calm seas, we were […]

Tags giant manta, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, shark, silky shark, silvertip reef shark

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