The yacht is available in the Sea of Cortez (Cabo Pulmo Bull Sharks) from July to November and Socorro from November to June.   Private charters to the Sea of Cortez are also available   Contact us for details  ….

SOCORRO: highlights & sample 8-night itinerary

Socorro itinerary & highlights:

Giant Pacific manta rays are, as you certainly know, the number ONE draw on this diving adventure.  But you have plenty more in store.  At “The Canyon”, one of many popular sites, divers have spotted schooling hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, silky sharks, duskies, white tips, dolphins and even an whale shark.  It’s long been known that the mantas appear to truly revel in human interaction but, over the past few years, the dolphins have taken up the behavior of the mantas, in terms of interacting with divers and you’ll find them delightfully playful.  This region of the Pacific Ocean also offers loads of lovely reef fish, huge swirls of jacks, wahoo, barracuda & giant dogtooth tuna, handsome octopus, copious quantities of turtles and scorpion fish hiding in crevices. Even the occasional marlin can be sighted.  And, spring is the season when the humpback whales migrate along the west coast of North America.  Divers often find themselves in the water with the whales from early January through March.

• Day 1: Boarding is at 8pm and when everyone is settled, the boat will be underway.
• Day 2: This is a day at sea. Bring a good book and relax. Orientation will be held the next morning, followed by safety drills. The boat should arrive at San Benedicto Island that evening.
• Days 3-7: For five full dive days you will be able to enjoy an average of 4 dives per day. There’s a mandatory check-in at the Mexican Navy base one day so you will have 3 dives plus a silky shark night snorkel. The number of daily dives is, of course, wholly dependent upon conditions. And there are plenty of activities to occupy your time when you’re not diving: kayaks and paddle boards, shoreline tours, humpback whale watching (January to April), manta ID in the late afternoon and after-dinner presentations.
• Day 8:Most likely you will get underway very early this morning for the voyage back to Cabo San Lucas
• Day 9: You’ll disembark the boat in Cabo at 8:30 am for either SJD airport or the dive center in Cabo San Lucas.

Sea of Cortez itinerary & highlights:

Over-fishing nearly ruined the Sea of Cortez until the locals stepped in a few years ago to ensure its protection.  Happily, we can report that whale sharks are still resident seasonally off La Paz and the packs of enchanting sea lions at Los Islotes never left. Humpback whales still pass through on their annual winter migration and the immense schools of fish are back as strong as ever. Divers have observed hammerhead sharks at two of the islands and at the tiny islet of La Reina the mantas have returned. They aren’t as abundant as they were years ago but they’re back ! Finally, when conditions are right, you should be able to dive with some ferocious-looking bull sharks at Cabo Pulmo.

• Day 1 – meet at the dive center in Cabo at 4;30 then go to the boat. Sunset cocktails then an overnight cruise to your first destination
• Day 2–4 – Explore the southern Sea of Cortez, its islands and its reefs. You should have mantas & sharks in addition to the sea lions
• Day 5 – Dive Cabo Pulmo with its resident bull sharks, other sharks and massive schools of fish. Cruise overnight to Cabo.
• Day 6 – Disembark at 8am.

Are you joining a Nautilus trip to Guadalupe or Socorro after your Sea of Cortez voyage ? Nautilus will take care of all the arrangements for getting you to your next liveaboard.