Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer in
Mexico (Western)/Revillagigedos Islands

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Nautilus Explorer, Jan, 2011, by Michael J. Millet, CA, US ( Top Contributor 96 reports with 59 Helpful votes). Report 6036.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This was my 4th trip on the NE to the Revillagigedos and probably the best one that I have had. After about a 24 hour voyage from Cabo San Lucas, the first dive site is the Canyon at San Benedicto Island. Here we encountered an occasional hammerhead shark and a couple of manta rays. Due to the volcanic pumice drifting into the water, the viz isn't the best at this site. The next day, we dived the Boiler on the West side of the island. Here we had several awesome close encounters with several manta rays. Large schools of cottonmouth jacks and bigeye trevally. 2 days are spent at SBI. The next 2 days are at Roca Partida Island, which is actually more like a seamount. One can circumnavigate this site easily during a dive. Here the main attraction is sharks -- whitetips, Galapagos, silvertips. Lots and lots of sharks. The highlight at this dive site was a close encounter with a juvenile whale shark -- maybe about 20' long. It just kept swimming around the seamount and wasn't bugged by all the divers, bubbles and strobes. The last 2 days were spent at Socorro Island. At Cabo Pierce, we had close encounters with manta rays, dolphins and a school of hammerheads. At Punta Tosca, more manta rays. The NE is a very comfortable boat with a good crew and great food. I am doing this trip again (5th time) in Jan, 2012.
Websites	Nautilus Explorer
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All over the Caribbean; GBR, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, Galapagos, Yap, Palau, Truk Lagoon, Kosrae, North Sulawesi.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	70-72°F / 21-22°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minutes; 100 feet if diving Nitrox; no deco
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	None	Whales	> 2
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	NE has a camera table and charging station on the dive deck. It has tendency to get a bit congested with divers and their ginormous camera rigs. 2 large dedicated camera rinse tanks

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Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer in Mexico (Western)/Revillagigedos Islands

Nautilus Explorer, Jan, 2011,

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Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer in
Mexico (Western)/Revillagigedos Islands