
Guadalupe Island
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. Read more about Great White Shark facts.

Water temperatures
Surface weather at Guadalupe Island is similar to southern California and can be quite hot during the day and cooler overnight.

Your Guadalupe Island adventure looks like this
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Day 1 – Welcome! Bienvenidos!
We encourage you to spend an extra day or two before going shark cage diving, enjoying the lovely resort town of Ensenada. We especially recommend a Guadalupe Valley wine tour arranged through the Hotel Coral. Or if you prefer, take advantage of the hotel’s kayaks, bikes, indoor and outdoor pools, gym or spoil yourself with a massage and spa treatment.
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Day 1 – Read More
Check-in is open from 3 pm onwards at the waterfront Marina Bar and Grill. Please be sure to check in by 7 pm. Boarding is available at 9:30 pm. Our Captain and divemasters will guide you down to the boat where the rest of our crew will be waiting to greet you with big smiles and trays of champagne. Though we have the only large, steel, stabilized dive boats in this part of the pacific and you can expect the best ride possible, it’s always a good idea to bring anti-seasickness meds.
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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 before shark cage diving action starts.
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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 back at the Hotel Coral in Ensenada around 2:00 pm. Before you disembark, we will ensure you get a copy of the trip highlights DVD that our crew has put together. We hope that you might spend another day or two in Ensenada. Hotel vans will be waiting to transport everyone else back to either the Tijuana Airport, or the San Diego Airport or 4 Points Sheraton hotel via the Tecate border crossing.
You may wonder…
Will I see sharks?
Yes! We have identified 366 + 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
- October 3rd, 2020
10 great white shark facts
All the great white shark facts you always wanted to check. Are they endangered? What is the color of their eyes? And more…
- August 27th, 2020
Generation W – An insight about baby Great White Sharks in Baja California
A Baby Great white shark measures 5 feet long at the time of its birth. The pup will grow to be an apex predator, but before reaching full size, the pup will have to avoid bigger predators. Sadly the survival of baby great white sharks are very low, and the majority of them do not […]
- August 18th, 2020
Are great white sharks endangered?
Did you know that a female white shark takes approximately 35 years to reach sexual maturity and a male 25 years? And when they finally reach this stage, they give birth to only 2-10 pups every two to three years.
- August 15th, 2020
Do Great White Sharks have personalities?
While researchers work hard to crack the code behind the body language and social dynamics of sharks, some specific Great White Sharks naturally stand out from the pack because of their bold and unique personalities.
- August 13th, 2020
Why Guadalupe Island is the perfect Great White Sharks Habitat?
Great whites aggregate in both coastal bays and remote oceanic areas and islands far from the continents, as in the case of Guadalupe Island in Mexico. What makes this long and narrow island in the middle of the Pacific one of the perfect great white shark habitats?
- August 11th, 2020
How Intelligent are Great White Sharks?
Great white sharks have existed on our planet for millions of years, evolving and adapting to their way of life. White sharks live in particular waters for a reason- they have found the ideal locations where they are best able to find food and take advantage of their prey’s weaknesses.