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Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

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Nautilus Explorer: "Diving the Sea of Cortez", Oct, 2019, by Pierre Hurter, CA, US ( Contributor 14 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 11203.
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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 $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	If you are looking for heart stopping diving, this is not the trip for you. If on the other hand you are looking for a relaxing dip in the pool, well get onboard. The crew where terrific, very engaged and always letting us know what was going on and why. We had a very pleasant group of divers, a couple from Connecticut, and Englishman with a terrific store of tales about his travels around the world and a contingent of Belgian and French divers. Despite the occasional language difficulties we had a terrific time, everyone onboard was a very competent diver. The food was terrific, Enrique, the chef, is clearly someone who knows how to cook and enjoys making people happy. My only quibble was the coffee, I like mine strong ... it was definitely American style, a bit weak. The boat was very comfortable, the shower bigger than the one we have at home and a bed that was hard to live in the morning.
Websites	Nautilus Explorer
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Alaska, Australia, Belize, Chuuk (Truk), Channel Islands, Cozumel, Fiji, Galapagos, Indonesia (Forgotten Islands, Komodo, Raja Ampat), La Paz, Maui, Monterey, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Roatan, San Diego, Socorro, Solomon Islands, Tulum.
Closest Airport	Cabo San LucasSFO to Cabo	Getting There	SFOI to Cabo via United, it's a painless three hour trip.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	25-100 Ft/ 8-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives where typically capped at 60 minutes with the exception of those in Cabo Pulmo which where held to 45 minutes.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
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	So I am not the photographer in the family, but the facilities seemed to be more than adequate. The crew made a point of keeping the camera area dry and free of clutter. My wife chimed in and commented that we had very few serious photographers on board so it might not work as well if you had 12 photo geeks.

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

Nautilus Explorer: "Diving the Sea of Cortez", Oct, 2019,

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