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Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer/Nautilus Belle Amie - liveaboard in
Mexico (Western)/Islas Revillagigedo

Nautilus Explorer/Nautilus Belle Amie - liveaboard: "Islas Revillagigedo ROCKS!", Mar, 2023,

by Bobby Munno, NY, US (Sr. Contributor Sr. Contributor 24 reports with 17 Helpful votes). Report 12368 has 2 Helpful votes.

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

Accommodations For Subscribers Only Food 5 stars
Service and Attitude For Subscribers Only Environmental Sensitivity For Subscribers Only
Dive Operation For Subscribers Only Shore Diving For Subscribers Only
Snorkeling N/A
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Beginners 1 stars
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Comments In January of 2022 at my wife's insistence, I changed our dive plans to the Nautilus Belle Amie for a March 2023 sailing to Las Islas Revillagigedo, Mexico, aka Socorro. Our dive buddy friends of over a decade just got off the vessel and immediately booked a return trip. Their review and my wife's desire to dive with them again were enough reason for me to act with alacrity in spite of my trepidations.

I have long known of diving Socorro but always thought the "commute" as off-putting. The twenty-four-plus-hours-long crossing to the archipelago was always a large negative in my mind. It a ... Subscribe to get the full story. For Subscribers Only  Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites Nautilus Explorer   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, Cabo, Cancun, Carriacou, 3 Caymans, Cozumel, St Croix, Curacao, Dominica, St Eustatius, FL, Grenada, HI, St Helena, Iceland, Jamaica, LI, St Lucia, Mntsrrat, NYC, Palau, PA, Philippines, Poland, Roatan, Saba, Socorro, Tobago, Turks&Caicos, Utila, St Vincent, Yucatan cenotes
Closest Airport SJD Getting There easy direct flight from NYC JFK to Los Cabos, Mexico SJD

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy, cloudy, dry Seas calm, choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp 65-74°F / 18-23°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 50-81 Ft/ 15-25 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions maximum dive time of 60 minutes. no deco. dives. do not go "blue". do not touch the animals. (yes, they get that close)
Liveaboard? yes Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks Lots Mantas Squadrons
Dolphins Schools Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales > 2
Corals 1 stars Tropical Fish For Subscribers Only
Small Critters For Subscribers Only Large Fish For Subscribers Only
Large Pelagics For Subscribers Only

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter For Subscribers Only Boat Facilities 5 stars
Overall rating for UWP's For Subscribers Only Shore Facilities For Subscribers Only
UW Photo Comments the Belle Amie has a large camera rinse tank, many underwater camera stations, fire-protected charging station ... Subscribe to get the full story. For Subscribers Only  Active subscribers continue reading here
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