Guadalupe-Socorro Combo Trip Kicks off the Socorro Season
Post by: Nautilus Crew2018-12-03We had Great Whites in Guadalupe, lots of California Sea Lions on the way down south, now Giant Mantas and Silky sharks and dolphins…all in one trip, and the best still lays ahead.
2018-12-03Read MoreWhale Sharks, Orcas, Sea Lions and More in Bahia de los Angeles
Post by: Nautilus Guests2018-08-30Incredible. There must have been 3 or 4 whale sharks that we swam with.
2018-08-30Read MoreMarine Biologist Miguel Meets his First Manta
Post by: Nautilus Guests2018-07-03And there it was: a beautiful animal, a majestic MANTA, the first one in my life. My heart started beating fast, my breath was taken away, my eyes and mind hypnotized. The best experience of my life, I finally saw my dream in front of me, a moment I have taught about a thousand times, and it came true, I was not dreaming.
2018-07-03Read MoreA Week on the UnderSea in the Sea of Cortez
Post by: Nautilus Crew2018-06-22A never-ending highway of fish! A fish soup or a snowstorm of fish! Thousands and thousands, Creole fish, Jacks, fusiliers, gaftails pompanos, spotted nose snappers, we saw a couple of huge 5 foot Pacific dog snappers and thousands of Bonitos hunting.
2018-06-22Read MoreDivemAster and Guest Blog – Whaleshark. Common dolphins and Sea lions in a flat, flat sea – Sea of Cortez – 20-21 Mar, 2011
Post by: Nautilus Staff2011-03-22We started of this morning with help of a micro plane to spot whale shark. It took a good hour until the first big animal that the Pilot spotted was a grey whale instead. We still headed that direction and suddenly the grey whale got changed and we got a whaleshark instead so back to the original plan, We had headed quite a bit out of what use to be our normal whaleshark area , but for the better as the visibility was so much better here! With a depth of only 2-5 m and bright sun it was a…
2011-03-22Read MoreThousands of Leaping Mobula Rays
Post by: Nautilus Staff2007-03-27Our divers had two great dives and saw lots of sea fans, horn sharks, guitarfish, stingrays and yellowfin tuna. Dave went looking for a blue whale that had been spotted nearby and instead, found a huge school of thousands of mobula rays on the surface, jumping and flapping their wings (pectoral fins) and leaping up to 6 feet out of the water!
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