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Blue Whales & Fin Whales, One of the Most Amazing Big Animals I Have Ever Seen

  • Post author By Captain Mike
  • Post date 2022-02-01
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By Captain Mike on February 1st, 2022 in Baja California Peninsula, Captain Mike, San Ignacio, Sea of Cortez

Blue whales. Balaenoptera musculus. One of the most amazing big animals I have ever seen. The back of the whale just went on and on and on until we saw the tiny dorsal fin at the back.

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  • Tags baja, blue whale, fin whale, Loreto, Mechudo Corridor, whale watching
Petting gray whales in San Ignacio Lagoon. (Photo credit: Fernanda Narchi)

Why do gray whales make the 10,000-mile migration from the Bering Sea to San Ignacio Lagoon?

  • Post author By Captain Mike
  • Post date 2022-01-10
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By Captain Mike on January 10th, 2022 in Promotions, San Ignacio

We are pretty darned excited and have sighted our first gray whale of the season in the lagoon 2  weeks ago. I was up in San Diego 4 weeks ago and a local whale watching company told me that their first sightings of the season were a week early. Fingers crossed and cheers to a great season!!

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  • Tags baja, gray whales, mexico, san ignacio, whale watching

Is it ok to touch gray whales?

  • Post author By Captain Mike
  • Post date 2021-11-12
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By Captain Mike on November 12th, 2021 in Conservation, San Ignacio

That day a new era dawned in human-cetacean interaction and that big beautiful gray whale became the first of a long line of whales at San Ignacio Lagoon.

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  • Tags conservation, gray whales, san ignacio, whale sanctuary, whale watching
A beautiful whale shark spotted in Socorro. Photo by Kim Nilsson Davidsson

False Killer Whales, Tiger Sharks and Whale Sharks at Socorro

  • Post author By Nautilus Crew
  • Post date 2019-02-01
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By Nautilus Crew on February 1st, 2019 in Crew, Socorro

Schooling hammerheads at Punta Tosca, a Tiger shark at Roca O’Neal, 8 Giant Mantas in one dive at the Boiler and an awesome surprise at Roca Partida when a pod of about 60 False Killer Whales swam by the Explorer.

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  • Tags baby whale, creole fish, dolphins, el canyon, false killer whales, galapagos sharks, Giant Mantas, hammerhead sharks, hammerheads, honeymoon, humpback whales, jacks, lunar eclipse, Mantas, Punta Tosca, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, schooling hammerheads, sharks, silky sharks, silvertip sharks, The Boiler, tiger sharks, tuna hunting, volcano, whale sharks, whale watching, whales, whitetip reef sharks, yellowfin tuna

Duck F*rts

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-07-19
By Nautilus Staff on July 19th, 2008 in Archive

After a great day of scuba diving, inflatable tours, zodiac kayaking (kayaking with a comfort boat ie. zodiac, tagging along behind with beverages, refreshments and an easy way to get home if you get tired of paddling) and whale watching around Inian Island, we took everybody ashore after dinner for a “look-around” the tiny boardwalk community of Elfin Cove. Our guests somehow got waylaid at the Coho Bar and Grill and bartender introduced them to “duck farts.” The Nautilus Explorer was anchored outside the Cove and during the various inflatable shuttles back to the boat it seemed that all we heard from our guests was “we want more duck farts”, “I’d like a duck fart waiting for me please”, “do you know how to make duck farts” and so on.

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  • Tags Alaska, coho bar and grill, duck farts, elfin cove, Icy Strait, inflatable tours, Inian Island, kayaking, whale watching

Humpback Whales, Orcas and a Mystery Dive

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-07-17
By Nautilus Staff on July 17th, 2008 in Archive

Point Adolphus is one of the most productive feeding grounds in southeast Alaska and the humpback whale sightings are usually quite awesome. Today was no exception, starting off with a pod of orcas cruising along on the surface 15 miles east of Adolphus and then loads of humpbacks right at the point.

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  • Tags Alaska, exploration diving, exploratory dive, Glacier Bay, humpback whales, Icy Strait, Inian Island, orcas, Point Adolphus, whale watching, whales

More Helicopters than Dragonflies

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-07-16
By Nautilus Staff on July 16th, 2008 in Archive

Today was turnover day and as I sat in my office doing paperwork, I happened to look out the window and just about fell over in astonishment. I’ve never seen so many helicopters flying at one time – not even at the height of a forest fire in my previous life as a water bomber pilot. It seemed like there were helicopters everywhere with one group of 7 flying in a line towards Mendenhall and at least 6 more flying back the other way. They looked just like dragonflies to my eye and it was a sight that I won’t soon forget.

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  • Tags Alaska, cruise ships, helicopter tours, helicopters, juneau, mendenhall glacier, salmon hatchery, tourists, turnover day, whale watching

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