Welcome Message From Our Director

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Logo Origin

The Kaxaan Nautical Foundation logo is inspired by a Maya hieroglyph.

Kaxaan from the Maya verb to explore.

Mission:

Inspire nautical conservancy and  sustainability through exploration,  discovery and community engagement.

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Kaxaan Nautical Foundation

Social Impact

Through our community projects Kaxaan wants to leave a permanent footprint  with the local communities, empowering them to maintain sustainable practices for marine preservation, while also having an impact on their lives and community by diversifying their economy to include sustainable tourism.

Expeditions

Exploration is our bread and butter, it is what triggers the imagination and fuels us forward. Research up front improves our chances of locating the wreck site. These sites include volcanic lakes, coral reefs, coastal tidal pools. We don’t get to choose the wrecks’ location… they choose us.

“Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.”
                                      ― Silvia Earle

Latest News

Living Museum– USS H1 Seawolf Submarine
The Kaxaan Nautical Foundation (kaxaan.org), in collaboration with the U.S. Government and the Mexican Navy (Semar), installed a memorial plaque on the site of the sunken submarine H-1 Seawolf on 6 November 2023.
Shipwrecks & Maritime Exploration in Mexico
Director Peter Tattersfield was one of the invited guests at the DAN Seminar in Cozumel on October 5th, 2021. He gave a presentation on the story of the US Navy’s H1 Submarine that sank off Baja in 1920
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Your tax-deductible donation supports everything we do at Kaxaan. It fuels our social impact programs, supports our archaeological expeditions, and more. Thank you!

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