3 hours into the 1st day of the trip  and all 24 guests had seen great white sharks. October, 2011 – Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico

Hi Mike and team, This is day One. Conditions are as flat as a pond. I was in the surface cage at 7am. I saw a GWS after 10 minutes. I got out of the cage around 9am after it had made 25 passes, some right beside the cage. By the time I got out […]

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There was more bioluminescence in the water than I've ever seen in my life. Dolphins were playing in the bowel and it look like they were glowing green in trailing a long trail of bright light. Like shooting stars.. October, 2011 – Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico

Currently 70 NM back from Guadalupe, power 1400 with an ETA of 2000 this evening. Transit has been great, less than 5 kts from the NW since leaving, right now we have around 4-5 ft swell from the WNW at 9 seconds. After leaving Ensenada last night in the big bay before Todos Santos there […]

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Baby sealions dropping a rock in mid water and then catching it upside down and playing with you

Today I’ve officially overdosed on sea-lion cuteness. Hopefully the great whites will remedy that. – Simon Great weather over Sea Lion nursery gave us many memories, in form of pictures, to bring back. The best part, other than the baby pups doing all sort of poses for you (dropping a rock in midwater and they […]

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The yellowfin tuna came in and took turns rubbing their faces on the tail of a great white shark. 2 sealions were playfully swimming around another white shark! October, 2011 – Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico

  A slender curious calm and graceful female Great white shark who  nudges up against the cages!!! I was on top of the cage for 30 minutes: Really impressive how near the shark came by! He nearly hit me with his tail fin! I cannot believe that tomorrow is already the last day of our […]

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A huge female great white shark swam so close that I could feel the pressure wave on my face as she shot past. Nov.7, 2011- Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico

Today was incredible. In the shallow cage I saw three sharks, tuna and a seal diving between everything. Shoals of fish entertain in between  great white sharks. And then a huge female with a white scar on her nose swam so close to the cage I was in that I could feel the pressure wave […]

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We found a magic forest like we see it in our dreams, trees climbing to the surface, seals watching us from behind the trees, balls of small silverfish. Oct 16 2011 – Islas San Benitos, Baja California, Mexico

  Afternoon dive together with our captain Gordon (not Gecko) at his favorite dive spot the “Enchanted Forest”. After heading into the water we found us in a magic forest like we see it in our dreams; Trees climbing up to the surface, seals watching us from the top out of little wholes between the […]

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There is no better tired than the tired you feel from spending 5 hours cage diving with the great white sharks of – Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico. November, 2011.

It is the satisfied exhaustion you get from adrenaline rush after adrenaline rush as a 5 meter shark with rows of razor sharp teeth repeatedly rushes towards the top of the cage. Coming at the cage from above, below and eye level as it slices through the water, creating a tunnel of blue water through […]

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