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A shark goes for the tuna at Guadalupe, Photo by Scott Davis

Breaching Sharks at Guadalupe

  • Post author By Nautilus Crew
  • Categories Crew, Guadalupe
  • Post date 2018-10-08
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By Nautilus Crew on October 8th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

We even had some spectacular sharks breaches fully out of the water.

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  • Tags breaching sharks, great white sharks, great whites, guadalupe diving conditions, shark breaches, shark id, shark identification, sharks, weather woes

Guests Who Are Great Sports and 1 Darned Grizzly Bear

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2008-07-20
By Nautilus Staff on July 20th, 2008 in Archive

Why is he a darned grizzly bear? Because he chose to amble across the beach 150 yards away from the Nautilus Explorer in the middle of my morning briefing. Cheeezzzz, how am I supposed to do a briefing when all the guests are running for their cameras and binoculars?! Anchored up in beautiful and scenic Secret Bay today. I hesitate to publish the topographic name of this bay because (a) it is so beautiful (b) we have had really good luck with grizzly bears here (c) there is an amazing grotto of marble accessible up the stream (d) when the salmon return to this stream, it is a great place to snorkel with them and (e) we have a permit with the good graces of the U.S. Forest Service that allows our guests stroll, walk and hike through the rainforest here

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  • Tags Alaska, Baranof Island, chicagoff island, grizzly bears, hiking, hot springs, low tide, marble grotto, rainforest, secret bay, snorkelling, us forest service, weather woes

Swimming Scallops by the Thousands

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2008-07-07
By Nautilus Staff on July 7th, 2008 in Archive

We staged 2 mystery dives today while hiding from the weather and really lucked out with the second one when I anchored on top of a pinnacle that was absolutely loaded with swimming scallops (aka pink and spiny scallops). Stupendous sheer drop-off and I managed to place the anchor right on the edge of the precipice. These scallops are hilarious to watch.

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  • Tags Alaska, coldwater diving, dixion entrance, prince of wales island, scallops, spiny scallops, swimming scallops, weather woes

Muck Diving in British Columbia

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2008-06-09
By Nautilus Staff on June 9th, 2008 in Archive

Our scuba divers loved it as they found every imaginable sort of nudibranch and “muck” creature. I was a bit skeptical when they surfaced and gleefully told us that it was fabulous British Columbia muck diving but everyone seemed to have a great time. One diver even found the steel hull of a shipwreck on one side of the island. We staged dives 2 and 3 at slack in Quatsino Narrows and very good dives were had by all.

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  • Tags Black Bears, British Columbia, brooks peninsula, cape scott, kayaks, muck diving, Nudibranch, quatsino narrows, quatsino sound, Solander Island, Vancouver Island, weather woes

Hammerhead Sharks, Giant Mantas and Big Waves

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2008-04-09
By Nautilus Staff on April 9th, 2008 in Archive

We did the Giants Causeway (or Southwest Benedicto for Mike) as the third dive and saw 2 or possibly 4 mantas but they did not seem to want to interact with us. Dive day 2 and we went to the Boiler for the first scuba dive. The dive was spectacular, 100+ feet of visibility, a pod of 6 dolphins and almost no current.

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  • Tags dolphins, giant manta rays, Giant Mantas, giants causeway, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, Mantas, San Benedicto, sharks, The Boiler, The Canyon, weather woes

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

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2008-03-15
By Nautilus Staff on March 15th, 2008 in Archive

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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  • Tags baby whale, cabo pearce, Cabo San Lucas, crab boil, el canyon, humpback whales, humpbacks, margaritas, moon deck, Navy Base, photography, San Benedicto, snorkellers, snorkelling, Underwater Photography, weather woes, whales, wind, world wildlife federation

Mucky Visibility at the Canyon, San Benedicto

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2008-02-26
By Nautilus Staff on February 26th, 2008 in Archive

After a couple of disappointing dives, I persuaded everyone to join me for an exploratory dive along the lava flows on the east side of San Benedicto. I have always wanted to check this area out as a potential dive site and that thought continued until about 5 seconds after I jumped into the water. Uh oh. It was very green murky water with less than 5 feet of visibility! The only good news is that it felt like being back home in the plankton rich emerald seas of British Columbia!

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  • Tags dive site exploration, el canyon, fishing nets, low visibility, San Benedicto, weather woes

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