Guadalupe
Great White Sharks
The best Great White Shark cage diving on the planet
Great white shark encounters at Guadalupe Island are nothing short of spectacular. It’s simply the best destination in the world for calm clear water and consistently high probability of multiple shark encounters per day.
White Shark Calendar
July and August feature rowdy gangs of male sharks. Female great whites start showing up in August. “Big Mommas” October and November.
Water temperatures
Surface weather is similar to southern California and can be quite hot during the day and cooler overnight.
Guadalupe Shark Cage Diving Itinerary
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Day 1 – Welcome aboard
Meet in San Diego. Your adventure begins at our San Diego hospitality suite. We ask everyone to please be there by 7pm at the latest. “Shredder” will whisk you down to Ensenada in 2.5 hours including clearing the border. Our crew will be ready to greet you dockside with big smiles and trays of champagne.
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Day 2 – Destination: Guadalupe island
Today we will be travelling and relaxing at sea. An orientation will be held in the morning, Shark 101 will be in the afternoon. Guadalupe Island should appear over the horizon in the early evening, ensuring our guests have a calm night in the protected anchorage to relax.
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Day 3 – Let the sharking begin
Our theory on how Guadalupe Sharks trips should operate is very simple. Have loads of large comfortable cages in the water. Open the cages at 6:30am. Leave the cages open until dusk. Have lots of divemasters in the water and on the dive deck to ensure an excellent diving experience for our guests.
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Day 4 – Rinse & Repeat shark cage diving
You can almost always jump into a surface cage and stay in as long as you want. Certified divers can make at least three dives a day in our deep-diving submersible cages, and there is often the chance to get an extra dive or two in these cages as well.
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Day 5 – The last shark cage diving day always comes too quickly!
Today is our last day of sharking! We want to give you every possible second in the water at Guadalupe, so we stay on-site until 5pm before swinging the cages onboard and heading back north to Ensenada.
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Day 6 – Return to Ensenada
Sadly, your time onboard will come to a close when we arrive in Ensenada at 1:30 p.m. “Shredder”, our luxury coach, will be ready to transport guests to either Tijuana or San Diego. Hopefully we will see you again very soon.
You may wonder…
Will I see sharks?
Yes! We have identified 350 + individual sharks in the bay we dive in. We typically see great whites on 3 out of 4 submersible dives.
Is shark cage diving at Guadalupe Island safe?
Yes! For your safety, all shark cage diving is done using a hookah system – otherwise known as surface supplied air – and our custom designed cages. These cages are designed to provide maximum protection for you and for our sharks. It is vitally important that the sharks are never affected or injured during their interaction with us.
How many dives do I get?
3 dives a day in the submersible cages (certified divers only). Virtually unlimited diving in the surface cages.
What is the visibility and water temperature?
Visibility is almost always 100-120 feet, sometimes 150 feet. Water temperature ranges from 22°C / 72°F in July and August to 20°C / 68°F in November.
What is included in the trip?
Accommodation, all meals (continental breakfast, breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert), non-alcoholic beverages and snacks, daily room service, towels, in-water divemastering, end of trip DVD and onboard facilities such as the hot tub and lounge.
Blogs
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Why I put my 5 and 7 year old kids in the water with Great White Sharks.
I love my kids. So what the heck was I thinking in 2005 when I put my 5 and 7 year old children in the water with great white sharks at Guadalupe Island?
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Guadalupe Great White Sharks Have BLUE Eyes
Great White Sharks have blue eyes is our latest video showing off the Guadalupe white shark diving experience through the eyes of Shawn Mahoney.
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Martin Graf’s first 2019 great white shark expedition
What a start to the season! Andy and Luca Arnone were the first 2 sharks that showed up, with Luca staying around all day, displaying his awesome bait stealing ability. The wranglers had their work cut out for themselves.
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Diving Guadalupe: Face-To-Face With Great White Sharks – Sustainable Tourism (1/2)
Imagine coming face-to-face with great white sharks only a few meters away from you. You can encounter this iconic predator in the wild.
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It’s Time To Go Diving!
Our favourite great whites have returned to Guadalupe Island and the shark diving is HOT!! The largest aggregation of whale sharks on the west coast of the Americas are gathering in Bahia de Los Angeles.
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The End of Our Best Guadalupe Island Great White Shark Diving Season Ever!
We have now identified over 300 individual white sharks in the bay that we dive in. And most astonishing of all, we had trips with 3 dive days in which we saw over 50 different great whites.
