Expert-led, small-group dive expeditions to remote oceans, timed with their most remarkable wildlife events.
See the expeditionsOur scuba diving expeditions take small groups of certified divers to remote, wildlife-rich places: the open-ocean pinnacles of the Revillagigedo Archipelago in Mexico, the blue-water hammerhead dives of Yonaguni in Japan and the protected reefs of Cabo Pulmo in Baja California Sur.
Each journey is planned around a natural event and led by experienced dive professionals who know these waters. A professional photographer documents every expedition, and every trip supports marine restoration through our partnership with NAR.
Prefer to stay at the surface? Our ocean wildlife safaris are snorkeling expeditions that need no scuba certification.
Three expeditions, three very different oceans. Dates, levels and prices below come from each expedition’s page, where you will also find the full itinerary and what is included.
An oceanic road trip across Baja: the Mexican Sardine Run in Magdalena Bay and whale sharks in La Paz by snorkel, then scuba diving in Cabo Pulmo National Park.
Open-ocean diving in one of North America’s largest no-take marine reserves, among sharks, manta rays and other pelagic life.
Shark diving with schooling scalloped hammerheads and dives over the underwater rock formations known as the lost city, off Japan’s westernmost inhabited island.
We keep groups small, so briefings are personal, dives feel calm and everyone has space to enjoy each encounter.
Each expedition is timed with a natural event, such as the Sardine Run in November, and every day adapts to the ocean’s conditions rather than forcing encounters.
Our expeditions are led by dive professionals, and a professional photographer and videographer documents the trip so you can focus on the dive.
We dive in protected areas such as Cabo Pulmo National Park and the Revillagigedo marine reserve, follow local rules and treat every wildlife encounter as a privilege, never a guarantee.
Cabo Pulmo National Park · Baja California Sur
Mind the Seas is a small team of divers, guides and storytellers who share one obsession: the ocean.
Professional diver with over a decade of experience and a technical rebreather diver. As an instructor, she has trained many divers over her career.
Dive guide and instructor with over a decade of experience in the Eastern Pacific, including Revillagigedo. Based in Baja California Sur.
Biologist, environmental educator and photographer who has documented wildlife from the Arctic to Antarctica.
Get to know the whole team on our About page.
For every Mind the Seas expedition, we install a new biotope in the Mediterranean Sea with NAR (Natural Art Reef Association). These artificial reefs, made from calcium carbonate rock, give marine life shelter and help degraded habitats recover.
Read more about the project on our mission page.
The dive expedition on the Azores with Mind the Seas was a mesmerising experience shared with fellow ocean enthusiasts, exploring both the wild land and sea of the Atlantic island groups. […] I would always choose to travel with Mind the Seas again.
Our scuba diving expeditions are built around scuba dives and require a diving certification. Our ocean wildlife safaris are snorkeling and freediving expeditions at the surface, so no scuba certification is needed. Best of Baja combines both: snorkel encounters with the Sardine Run and whale sharks, and scuba dives in Cabo Pulmo.
It depends on the expedition. Best of Baja requires at least Open Water Diver for the scuba dives. Yonaguni requires Advanced Open Water. Revillagigedo requires Advanced Open Water and at least 50 logged dives, because the dives take place in open water with currents.
Yes. Our Revillagigedo expedition is a nine-day liveaboard with four dives a day, from 22 to 30 January 2027.
Yonaguni is known for its schooling scalloped hammerheads, and Revillagigedo for sharks, manta rays and other pelagic life. We choose these destinations for their wildlife, but encounters are never guaranteed.
Full diving equipment is included in Yonaguni. In Revillagigedo and Best of Baja, rental diving gear is available but not included in the price.
Our scuba diving expeditions require a certification. If you are not certified, our ocean wildlife safaris in La Ventana and Mo’orea are snorkeling expeditions with no certification needed, and our dive instructors can arrange a course for you.
Yes. Most of our explorers travel solo and join a small group of ocean lovers from around the world.
Contact us with the expedition and dates you are interested in. We will answer your questions and send you the booking details. A deposit secures your place.
Our ocean wildlife safaris follow mobula rays, whales and other marine life by snorkel, with no certification needed.
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