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Location: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico It’s great to be back at the helm of the Nautilus Explorer. We had an easy crossing from Ensenada in 4 to 6 foot seas with light winds. I had one heckuva surprise when I arrived at our anchorage to find a 200 foot Mexican navy frigate […]
Read MoreLocation: White shark bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico Day 2 of our current great white shark expedition was a little bit slower but steady all the same. However it did start with a splash, a breach actually! At about 0800 a male breached clear of the water. A few guests got a perfect view, […]
Read MoreLocation: White shark bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico The guests and crew of the Nautilus Explorer had a fairly rough start to their voyage home from Guadalupe Island at the end of their last trip with an 8 to 9 foot swell for the first several hours. However, the seas dropped down to a […]
Read MoreLocation: Shark Cove, Guadalupe Island, Mexico Got a note from Captain Rob this morning that they saw a very large female great white shark on station at Guadalupe Island. This is exceptionally interesting to me. The shark experts and scientists have always been in agreement that while male great whites are present from early summer […]
Read MoreLocation: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Mexico The crew out on the shiprwere busier than heck during our Guadalupe season opener great white shark trip on the Nautilus Explorer. I wish that I could have been there and am very fortunate to have the extremely capable Captain Rob onboard in my place. Rob reports that they […]
Read MoreLocation: Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. We will be boarding our first Guadalupe Island great white shark trip of the season in just a couple of hours. I am totally wired and can’t wait to find out what the diving is going to be like when the Nautilus Explorer arrives on station. Unfortunately I will […]
Read MoreLocation: Ensenada, Mexico Excitement is running really high among the crew as we make final preparations for boarding our first great white shark trip to Guadalupe Island tomorrow. Everyone has been working flat-out to get the Nautilus Explorer turned around at the shipyard. We yanked and changed out the carpet on the main deck, dorm […]
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