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Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cotez

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Nautilus Explorer: "Seals and Sea Lions", Sep, 2024, by Sherry M. Wren, CA, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 13118.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	My 3rd trip on the Belle Amie. Bottom deck cabin stable, bed comfortable, but not really set up well. No basket in bathroom or shelf. Needs to have another shelf for clothes , there’s adequate wall/floor space but not present. Dining room easy, staff great, food good. Dive deck crowded when boat is full, hard to get geared up. Dive operations - 4 boats assigned order changes daily. Gear up, go down stairs, belly roll into tender. Divetimes rigidly enforced. Guides present but not hunting for critters like they do in Indonesia. This trip was primarily diving with Guadeloupe Seals which have come up into the Sea of Cortez and Sea Lions. Some schooling hammerheads on dives. A few large bait balls which were great. Huge pod of dolphins for a surface snorkel, guides drove the tenders around to keep them engaged - awesome. Overall a Fun trip.
Websites	Nautilus Explorer
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, PNG, Australia, Solomon Islands, Red Sea, Philippines, Malaysia, Caribbean, Mexico
Closest Airport	Cabo San Lucas	Getting There	Easy flight to Cabo, careful bringing in camera gear.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minute dive time
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters	N/A	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	Few photographers on the trip. Dive deck not the most friendly for keeping gear undisturbed.

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

Nautilus Explorer: "Seals and Sea Lions", Sep, 2024,

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

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