Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer/MV Belle Ami in
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Nautilus Explorer/MV Belle Ami: "Whale Shark Season! & August weather is hot and dry", Aug, 2023, by Teresa McCanlies, TX, US ( Contributor 13 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 12644 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The crew, the food, the dive operations could not have been better. There were 27 divers & a few snorklers (from US, MX, Peru, Spain, etc.) & 13 crew...every one of whom was personable, knowledgeable, consistently helpful. Meals were the best I've had on ANY trip. The ultimate focus was to interact with whale sharks on the last day of the trip at Bahia de Los Angeles, but along the way we had hilarious encounters with sea lions, fur seals, bottlenose dolphins and many other "usual suspects" -- e.g., gold spotted eels, green morays, scorpionfish, a few hammerheads far below, giant hawkfish, dorado, triggerfish, nudibrancs, giant jawfish at Punta el Pescador. Nautilus is the most safety conscious vessel I've been aboard and presented the best safety briefing + best emergency drill. Every diver must carry a safety sausage, whistle, dive alert and GPS device (provided onboard if diver doesn't have his/her) own.
Websites	Nautilus Explorer MV Belle Ami
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All over Caribbean(Cayman Isles, Cozumel, Belize, Utila, T&C, etc.), Costa Rica, South Africa, Socorro, all over Pacific (Thailand, Bali, Fiji, Tonga, Andaman Isles, Maldives, Rajah Ampat, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Philippines
Closest Airport	Los Cabos Intl Airport	Getting There	Easy airflights from 110 different cities in 7 countries
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Time limits generally an hour (loosely enforced) as 4-5 dives per day scheduled. Depth, nitrox sat, buddy vs solo, up to individual divers.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	> 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	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	[None]

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

Nautilus Explorer/MV Belle Ami: "Whale Shark Season! & August weather is hot and dry", Aug, 2023,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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