Nautilus Explorer, Mexico
- from $ 321 / day
- 8.9 Fabulous
- 62 Verified Reviews 62 Verified Reviews
- Internet Nitrox available Flexible Booking
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Highlights
Sister ship to the Nautilus Belle Amie, the 35m Nautilus Explorer Liveaboard was custom built for divers to explore the amazing sites of Guadalupe and the Socorro Islands, Mexico. Built by divers, for divers for stability, comfort, and safety, the Nautilus Explorer liveaboard comprises 13 cabins, ranging from a cost-effective mixed-gender triple occupancy stateroom to a luxurious premium suite. On the lower deck are 8 twin/double cabins and 1 triple cabin. The hot tub deck has 3 superior suites and the premium suite, which features a separate lounge and floor-to-ceiling picture window. All cabins are equipped with individually controlled AC and private en-suite bathrooms.
The Nautilus Explorer has many well-designed social areas. There are two upper-floor sun decks and a hot tub deck where guests can relax with a glass of wine or frosty beer under the evening stars. The main salon is located in front of the dive deck and has large panoramic windows, and it is furnished with couches, a dedicated PC and Mac computer for video editing, and a 42-inch plasma TV. Onboard dining consists of freshly made dishes, including homemade bread, pastries, and soups combining North American, European, and Mexican flavors.
The Nautilus Explorer schedules itineraries to the incredible sites of the Socorro Islands, famous for manta rays, humpback whales, and vast schools of fish, or on exhilarating Great White cage diving in Guadalupe. The back of the boat is home to the dive deck, with a 5-ton hydraulic crane, water-level platform, and reinforced steel deck for white shark cage diving and support film and scientific crews. There is also nitrox available for certified divers, and the Nautilus Explorer is rebreather friendly.
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The staff of the Nautilus Explorer have invested in extensive crew training, safety measures and equipment to ensure the safety of all guests and are following the latest COVID-19 guidelines from the Mexican government.
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Included: Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Special Dinner, Diving Package, Kayaks, Stand Up Paddleboard, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels.
Required Extras: 5% VAT, National Park Fees, Port Fees (35 USD).
Optional Extras: Gratuities, Airport Transfer (25 USD), Hotel Transfer, Alcoholic Beverages, Nitrox, Nitrox Course, Private Dive Guide, Rental Gear.
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Boat features
Food & Drinks
If you have any specific dietary requirements whilst on-board your cruise, you can add this to your special requests on step 2 of the booking form. We advise limiting these requests to religious beliefs or food allergies.
Diving
The crew speaks English and Spanish.
Gear Rental
There is diving gear available on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. See below for further details on inclusions and pricing. Show prices.
Drawings & Vessel Layouts
Accommodation
Boat Specifications
- Year built 2000
- Year renovated 2015
- Length 132 feet
- Beam 27 feet
- Cruising speed 11-12 mph
- Max guests 25
- Number of cabins 13
- Tenders 38' skiff
- Water capacity Unlimited with high capacity watermakers
- Freshwater maker 3600 gallons per day
Boat Navigation and Safety
Nautilus Explorer Reviews
- 8.9 Fabulous
- 62 Verified Reviews
- Vessel 8.4
- Crew 8.9
- Food 9.7
- Diving 9.2
- Value 8.3
- 9.2 Superb
- Ievgen P
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Ukraine
One of the best LiveAboards I have ever had!
Experience with mantas is absolutely amazing!
- Recommended for
- Dive guides are involved with the see life!
- 8.4 Very good
- Brooke M
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United States
A diving experience I will never forget.
All the fantastic sea creatures we were super lucky to see. Most the dive guides where fantastic. Even though we didn't need any help, I always felt that anything we would have needed was easy to ask for and everyone was more than happy to help.
- Recommended for
- Diving, Most Crew members, Diving group separation
- 6.4 Review score
- Matteo C
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Italy
A good experience
It was good. It could have been excellent if El Niño hadn't warmed the waters so much that large sharks stayed in the main very deep in cooler waters and no whales. The Nautilus Explorer needs a lot of TLC and is showing signs of age in many parts. The crew however was very friendly and thoughtful. Captain Al was great and very focussed on diver safety. The dive briefings were very good but somehow didn't manage expectations well as certainty about seeing certain wildlife transformed itself into disappointment in many circumstances. We had Mantas on every dive though which was fantastic. Overall happy to have done it though other diverson the boat who had been before (some 3/4 times) said these were the worst diving conditions they experienced in the Revillagigedos (aka Socorro). Luck of the draw I guess.
- Recommended for
- Onboard crew friendliness, high degree of focus on safety for divers, Mantas galore
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Thomas K
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Germany
Awesome experience - for Manta lovers a must!
Mantas
- Recommended for
- Mantas, Food, Staff
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Marshall M
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United States
Best Liveaboard I've ever done with a crew that I'll stay friends with forever
The crew was so incredibly kind, helpful, and attentive to every little detail and need we had. They went above and beyond on everything we could have ever hoped for!
- Recommended for
- The crew, the sharks, the food
- 6.8 Review score
- Michael O
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Australia
Disappointing Vessel
Interaction with the Great Whites.
- Recommended for
- The Sharks, The Food, The Crew
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Matthew B
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United States
Most amazing way to celebrate 20th anniversary!
So many Great White sharks of different sizes. We were able to renew of wedding vows on the dive deck and we were surprised by unexpected treats to help us celebrate our 20th anniversary. The Captain is amazing, not only in charge but welcoming and works along side the fantastic crew.
- Recommended for
- Many Great white sharks, the crew and Captain Lowe
- 9.2 Superb
- Natsumi U
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Japan
Very Good!
Dove with Dolphins they came close to us. Saw whales again and again from the boats.
- Recommended for
- Guides, Dolphines, Mantas.
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Daniela S
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Germany
Manta-Mania
A huge Manta was circling above our heads for the whole dive. WOW....he came so close, we could have touched him :-) The Mantas were great, during our trip. The diving at Roca Partida was fantastic: Mantas and all kinds of sharks! And our nightly snorkel with the silky sharks was a adrenalin rush. The silky sharks were hunting the fish and we were inbetween them.....scary!!! Though: at Socorro, the sea was quite empty. At some dives, we didn't see anything besides some Nudibranchs hanging on the wall :-(
- Recommended for
- The Mantas...the Mantas, the Silky Shark Snorkel
- 10 Exceptional
- David G
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Mexico
Perfect trip
The quantity of sharks
- Recommended for
- Fiendlyness of the crew, the diving a d the food
