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Nautilus Explorer: "Incredible!!!", Feb, 2015, by Peter Dollard, ME, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 8143 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	N/A	Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Hard to sum up such a fantastic trip. As the Captain Shawn says " you have to play to win". Sometimes its quiet, sometimes sensory overload. Went on every dive and snorkeled on surface intervals for the best overall experience of over 20 years of diving throughout the world. Saw countless mantas and dolphins up close and personal both diving and snorkeling. Plenty of sharks including silvertips,silkies, galapagos, & whitetips Experienced being in the middle of a huge school of hammerhead sharks with close to 100 ft visibility at Roca Partida. Snorkeled several times up close to mother humpback whales and their babies including having a baby breach within 15-20 feet of me. It was all and more than expected. The Nautilus Explorer though with a few minor issues such as a crowded dive deck, limited camera facilities, and few places to sit outside with sun protection is a very comfortable vessel and is scheduled for a complete refit/overhaul which should alleviate those concerns. The ships crew was outstanding in every way, constantly going out of their way to ensure an optimal experience. I do recommend this trip only for experienced/fit divers as conditions and currents can be unpredictable. This is clearly a "bucket list" trip.
Websites	Nautilus Explorer
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Red Sea, Galapagos, Cocos, Indonesia, Palau, Etc
Closest Airport	Cabo San Lucus	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, currents, no currents
Water Temp	75-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	common sense
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	> 2
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	great trip for wide angle big animal diving

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Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer in Mexico (Western)

Nautilus Explorer: "Incredible!!!", Feb, 2015,

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Dive Review of Nautilus Explorer in
Mexico (Western)