Perfect Conditions for Shark Photos

The final dive of day 2 of the trip ranks among some of my all-time top dives. Now, this is not a small statement, as I have dove near and far around the planet over the past 11 years and almost 1k dives. The combination of the shark activity, perfect lighting, and the crew’s efforts […]

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Adil Schindler's Camera Review aboard the Nautilus Belle Amie

Our good friend Adil Schindler put out his field-tested video review of the Panasonic GH5 and Nauticam underwater housing for Backscatter. Adil’s testing was conducted aboard our Nautilus Belle Amie during the Socorro season. Learn more about the GH5 and Nauticam housing here: Backscatter In-Depth Review. Check out Adil’s amazing work below! Watch our intro […]

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Muchas mantas, tiburones cornudos, tiburones Galapagos. Isla Socorro y Revillagigedos. Una experiencia semejante.

Frank (given the nickname Double G by tigre because he has two go-pros hooked up together) The favourite part of my day was winning a five pesos bet with Claudia (actually financed by dieter) double g lost his camera at the end of a dive and the captain tim (nicknamed oso polar by joel) found […]

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Bad Weather, If at First You Don’t Succeed…

We started Dive day 2 by checking in at the Navy base and then picking up three underwater photographers from the World Wildlife Federation who had been waiting for us at Socorro Island during the storm (unable to dive). From there we went to Cabo Pearce. Throughout all 3 dives at Cabo Pearce we could hear the humpback whales singing in the background. In between dives two and three several guests were out snorkeling when a humpback whale mom and calf happened along and checked out the snorkellers. The encounter was, of course, an incredible experience.

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