Tag: whitetip shark

two giant manta rays seemingly doing an aquatic dance together

Fabulous team & dive masters

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Post date 2018-06-06
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The Dive Masters knowledge of all sites (Coeoiats Cannon, Roca Partida, Punta Tosca, The Boiler and Fondeadero) was invaluable. We were split into 3 dive teams that the dive masters rotated between all groups allowing them to get to know their guests on a one-to-one basis and not just by sight on the boat.

Tags bottlenose dolphin, dusky shark, fondeadero, Galapagos Shark, giant manta, Hammerhead shark, Punta Tosca, Roca Partida, silvertip shark, The Boiler, The Canyon, whitetip shark

roca partida as seen through two lovely glasses of wine!

False killer whales head-butting

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Post date 2018-06-04
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By Nautilus Guests on June 4th, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

But as they approached the boat we realized they were not actually the bottlenoses we’d seen a lot. We then realized they were false killer whales! I was incredibly exciting when 15-20 of them decided to stick around. We even saw two of them head-butting!

Tags false killer whale, Galapagos Shark, Nautilus Belle Amie, Roca Partida, silky shark, silvertip shark, whitetip shark, yellowfin tuna

amazing photo of a diver swimming along a giant manta with a huge whale shark in the background

I thought I was filming “Blue Planet”

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Post date 2018-06-03
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By Nautilus Guests on June 3rd, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

The diving just keeps on getting better on this trip. Just dove Roca Partida. The best way to describe it was I thought I was filming BBC’s Blue Planet. Giant and I mean HUGE tuna, rivers of jacks, bait balls forming, Galapagos sharks and white tips, tuna and jacks all interacting. Schools of white tips cruising around. Fantastic visibility, it was crazy good from start to finish!

Tags bait ball, Galapagos Shark, giant manta, mobula ray, Roca Partida, whitetip shark, yellowfin tuna

three dolphins looking relaxed, with the rest of the pod in the background

What makes Revillagigedo so special

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2018-05-27
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By Nautilus Crew on May 27th, 2018 in Crew, Socorro

As we headed back to the rock, we were greeted by an amazing manta show. This was the kind of show that makes Revillagigedo so special, with mantas passing over the head of everyone, bathing in bubbles, waving with their cephalic fins and looking deep in our eyes.

Tags bottlenose dolphin, false killer whale, Galapagos Shark, giant manta, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, silky shark, The Boiler, whitetip shark

manta ray mid flip over a stream of bubbles

A chevron manta WOW moment!

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Post date 2018-05-25
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By Nautilus Guests on May 25th, 2018 in Crew, Guests, Socorro

Our big WOW MOMENT was swimming with a 12ft Chevron Manta, taking pictures and being in complete awe of her(?) when suddenly a whale shark appeared out of the blue. A juvenile everyone said. We all got a chuckle of how the manta reacted when the whale shark came in.

Tags bait ball, black manta, bottlenose dolphin, chevron manta, Galapagos Shark, Hammerhead shark, Moray Eel, Nautilus Belle Amie, San Benedicto, silvertip shark, The Boiler, Whale Shark, whitetip shark, yellowfin tuna

giant manta dwarfs diver observing from below

Friendly chevron manta host!

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Post date 2018-05-23
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By Nautilus Guests on May 23rd, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

Our diving started by being greeted by a friendly chevron manta, who joined us in our descent to the roaming Galapagos sharks. We drifted through bait balls while observing the whitetip sharks settling on their shelves for a day of rest. After spotting eels and distant hammerhead sharks we were again joined by our manta host.

Tags bait ball, chevron manta, Galapagos Shark, Hammerhead shark, Nautilus Belle Amie, Nautilus Undersea, Roca Partida, Socorro, whitetip shark

two divers watch a graceful giant manta ray

Looking for the “Big Five” aboard the Belle Amie

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Post date 2018-05-20
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By Nautilus Guests on May 20th, 2018 in Guests, Socorro

Mantas appeared in numbers on all the dives then the dolphins showed up and finally two whale sharks. The Mantas put on the most graceful of performances to the whistles and clicks from the dolphins.

Tags bottlenose dolphin, Galapagos Shark, giant manta, Hammerhead shark, Nautilus Belle Amie, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Roca Partida, San Benedicto, silky shark, silvertip shark, Socorro, Tiger Shark, Whale Shark, whitetip shark

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