You bet they are! Visibility seemed ok! I always heard it was pretty bad there. How many sharks encounters over the trip?
GUADALUPE MAY BE CLOSED PERMANENTLY
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You bet they are! Visibility seemed ok! I always heard it was pretty bad there. How many sharks encounters over the trip?
We had windy weather at the start of the trip when we had two days of sharks planned. That was scrubbed so we got one day at the end of the trip with sharks. We saw at least four GWs and one was highly interactive all day. Visibility was excellent.
They drop a cage to the bottom 60+ feet as well so that was interesting viewing beyond the surface cage.
How would the shark even know? Sea-mail? Sonophone call?
Shark-dive operator brings libel suits against clients
Nautilus Liveaboards and its CEO Mike Lever have already served, or are in the process of serving, legal papers to more than 20 named people, including former
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Interesting development...
After reading how they handled their canceled trip bookings (many of whom were not divers), I’ll cross Nautilus off of my list of liveaboard operators I’d consider (in addition to Aggressor)! The Nautilus guy comes across as a completely unethical jerk.Shark-dive operator brings libel suits against clients
Nautilus Liveaboards and its CEO Mike Lever have already served, or are in the process of serving, legal papers to more than 20 named people, including former
Interesting development...
Knockneed Man
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Agreed ^^ . And I had been looking at doing a Socorro trip with them. Solmar it is I guess
That's a pity because Nautilus is probably the best operator running in Mexico, etc. They are very professional, have a strong safety culture, and maintain excellent boats. Personally, I'd be reluctant to travel to Socorro with anyone else. If you can dive on the Explorer or Undersea boats it does not get any better.
I have never been on Nautilus so I can't speak to their operation, but I have had amazing trips with both Solmar and Rocio Del Mar... Always felt safe with their operations and their knowledge of the dive sites. I know they have been working in that area for a long time so I think there are other options available.
I have friends that have been on these 2 boats and had excellent trips as well. I can't, in good conscience support Nautilus based on what I've read on the Guadalupe nightmare!
HalcyonDaze
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I did my Guadelupe Island trip on the Solmar V and very much enjoyed it; the only hesitation I would have is related to the operator's other boat running aground and sinking in Socorro. That was really something where you have to ask if it was a lax crew or if the fish was rotting from the head down.
Never booked on Nautilus; heard good things about the safety of their boats, but the one time I saw Mike Lever speak at a dive show I was not impressed at him trying to play shark expert. I was Statler-and-Waldorf messaging a white shark scientist who's done a fair bit of time at Guadelupe.
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