Category: Crew

“It’s totally different down there. Everything’s changed.” Nautilus Engineer Dale looks at me with surprise as we switched Divemaster duties in the starboard cage. “It’s surreal”, he says. On our first dive day at Isla Guadalupe, I anticipate the curious (and cheeky) schools of yellowtail jacks and enormous clouds of bait fish that kept us […]

Marine Conservation Science Institute has published data of 4 female Great White Sharks that were tagged in Guadalupe Island, Mexico. The names of the sharks for identification purposes are Amy, Kimmel, Tailscratch, and Annika. The illustration clearly shows the sharks each spend a lot of time in the middle of the Pacific ocean. This area […]

So ends my final Guadalupe trip after spending 2 action packed months out here at Guadalupe Island. From the large number of young male great white sharks circling us in August to the large matured females we’ve been seeing the last couple weeks I can honestly say this year has topped the 2014 season. The […]

Today, first day of our trip 26, what a day on our first submersible cage dive we had three great white sharks one female and two males one of them 16 feet long even he stayed a little low it was amazing to see how great this sharks are, going the day sad face four […]

Solid vis and the first large female great white shark of the season! We’re used to having vis so clear that we see the anchor chain, but this week topped it. You know its good when you can sit back and count the indivual chain links over 110 feet away up on the bow. Even […]

After missing the 2014 Guadalupe season for a year in commercial shipping it’s great to be back in the land of the Great White Sharks and great to be out here on the beautiful Nautilus Belle Amie. The energy onboard this past month has been great, with the crew all working like a well oiled […]

Wow! What a day. I never thought I would see a breach from under the water, but guess what it happened! How crazy to see such a calm creature just flip a switch and become a rocket to the surface. It truly was a once in a lifetime experience. On top of that I saw […]