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Nautilus UnderSea

Nautilus UnderSea Itinerary

Mexico Sardine Run Magdalena Bay - Coastal Cruise

7 days / 6 nights

About Nautilus UnderSea

  • Exciting trips to Socorro and Revillagigedo and Guadalupe Island
  • Comfortable cabins for all guests, including differently-abled guests
  • Enjoy photo workshops, marine life presentations, paddleboards and kayaks
  • Outstanding amenities for divers, with nitrox, gear storage, zodiacs, and camera table

Nautilus UnderSea liveaboard offers some of the region's most comfortable dive voyages, with exciting itineraries focused on the eastern Pacific's most famous marine wildlife. Spend a week or more getting up close and personal with mantas, sharks and dolphins at Socorro and Revillagigedo, or head to Guadalupe - home to Mexico's infamous great white sharks. You’ll enjoy personalised service, cabins and common areas designed to suit every guest, and outstanding facilities for divers to help you make the most of your trip. This boat balances creature comforts with legendary underwater experiences, and with fewer divers than other vessels, it also boasts an intimate and adventurous atmosphere, ideal for underwater explorers.

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Itinerary details

Length of trip 7 days / 6 nights
Number of dives TBA
Experience Open Water - Minimum 5 dives
Insurance Required

Highlights

  • Witness one of the largest sardine hunts in the world in Magdalena Bay
  • Snorkel with striped marlin as they gather in anticipation of a feast
  • Chance of seeing California sea lions, dolphins, wahoo, and more
  • Spot humpbacks and, if you’re really lucky, even orcas or blue whales!
  • See pelicans, gulls, booby birds, frigates, shearwaters and albatross
Day 1: 
Meet at SeeCreatures Cabo for 4:30 PM. Board and set sail up the beautiful coast of Baja California. Our destination, the sheltered waters and outer islands of Magdalena Bay, are sardine run. 

Day 2: 
Late morning arrival in Magdalena Bay. Today is our warm-up and tune-up day at the south end of Margarita Island. This adventure is primarily about snorkelling and freediving with the schooling sardine and bait balls; you will have the opportunity to snorkel with sea lions.

Days 3-6: 
Let's find some bait balls! Striped marlin and Bryde's whales are the stars of the sardine run, but there's plenty more to see — turtles, sea lions, sharks, and seabirds, and sometimes even humpback whales and orcas, often in dramatic fashion. We never know quite what Mother Ocean has in store, but on the vast majority of our trips, we enjoy calm seas, low swell, and no shortage of critters. This is a cooperative ecotourism programme working alongside local pangas and captains who've pivoted from fishing to tourism — nobody knows these waters or where to find the action, better than they do. In the afternoons, choose between scuba diving or going ashore to explore the magnificent sand dunes.

Day 7: 
Enjoy breakfast onboard before disembarking in Cabo at 8:00 AM. Complimentary transfers can be arranged to San José del Cabo Airport (SJD), La Paz, or SeeCreatures Cabo to continue your adventure. Transfers to SJD arrive around 9:30 AM, so please book departing flights no earlier than 11:30 AM.

Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics and local regulations.

Transfer details

Departure

04:30pm

SeeCreatures, Cabo San Lucas

Los Cabos International Airport: SJD

Return

08:30am

SeeCreatures, Cabo San Lucas

Los Cabos International Airport: SJD

Current availability and prices: https://www.zubludiving.com/itineraries/nautilus-under-sea/itn-2602090747321-mexico-sardine-run-magdalena-bay-coastal-cruise