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Nautilus Explorer: "An Unfortunate Sea of Cortez trip", Aug, 2021, by Paul gillespie, WA, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 11738 has 4 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	First to the negative. Having us fly into Cabo, and then take a 2+20-hour bus ride at night (we left at 7pm) to the boat in La Paz was a waste of a day, and expensive. I didn’t think that our bus ride to La Paz was adequately portrayed in the marketing literature. Not to mention the bus ride back to Cabo on the completion of the trip. With the COVID testing required before departure it made any flights out of Cabo before 2pm very tight connections on our last day. The COVID nurse was 45 minutes late to the boat on the last day, because she couldn’t get through the security gate at the marina. This could have been anticipated and addressed beforehand. We were all tired from the traveling the day before, so our first day of diving we only made 3 dives at the same site, viewing what can only be considered very basic sights, with little coral and fish life in pea-green-soup water, w ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Nautilus Explorer
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Philippines, Palau, British Columbia, Galapagos, Thailand, Colombia, Panama, Belize, Southern Red Sea, Puget Sound
Closest Airport	Los Cabos International	Getting There	None.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	75-79°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	30-40 Ft/ 9-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	1 hour dive times max.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	1 or 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
UW Photo Comments	Great setup on the aft deck, with plenty of electrical outlets and room for cameras. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer in Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

Nautilus Explorer: "An Unfortunate Sea of Cortez trip", Aug, 2021,

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Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez