Nautilus explorer

The Nautilus Explorer is a 32m (116') liveaboard passenger yacht based out of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, taking tourists on long range (5 - 13 day) trips in the west coast of North America primarily for the purpose of recreational diving. The hull is an all-steel construction of 271 tons GT designed by David Fernie, with the keel laid 1999. Construction took the better part of 8 months, with the official launching in late May, 2000. She is the only liveaboard passenger vessel in the world conforming to International Maritime Organization and International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea standards, and the only overnight international passenger vessels registered to Canada. The ship is crewed with professional Canadian mariners, certificated for international voyages by Transport Canada with an ISM safety management system audited by Lloyds Register. The attention to detail and safety on the Nautilus Explorer is phenomenal.
Itineraries
Although originally designed for operation solely in the waters of British Columbia and Alaska, the Nautilus Explorer expanded her itineraries to include the Channel Islands of California, diving with the great white sharks of Isla Guadalupe using both submersible and surface cages, and diving with the amazingly friendly giant manta rays of Socorro Island and the Islas Revillagigedo (based out of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico). Itineraries also include a limited number of expeditions into the Sea of Cortez and as far south as the French atoll of Clipperton Island. The range of trips take her from dry suit diving in the 8 C (46 F) water of Alaska to cage diving with great white sharks in Isla Guadalupe (20 C or 68 F) to diving with manta rays, whale sharks, and humpback whales in the Revillagigedo archipelago (24 C or 76 F in November/December).

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