Location: In port, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico I’ve received a number of inquiries from folks asking if the presence of a navy frigate anchored at Guadalupe Island is making a difference to our cage diving with great white sharks. Well… the short and truthful answer is… not really. The great white sharks are at Guadalupe and 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 […]
Read MoreLocation: Ensenada, Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Well, the Nautilus Explorer arrived in Ensenada this morning precisely on schedule after a 6 day steam down the coast from Vancouver… We set aside 4 days for a “mini-refit” in the shipyard and then we are off on our first trip to Guadalupe Island to dive with great white sharks. I’ve been chatting […]
Read MoreLocation: Abeam San Clemente Island, California Channel Islands, USA Captain Rob is in command and I have been shoreside ever since the Nautilus Explorer departed Steveston on August 17th. The start of our Guadalupe Island 2008 great white shark season is just around the corner and it’s time to get the boat down to […]
Read MoreThe idea is that the floor will be completely clear and see-through (hence the see-through great white shark cage) and the divers will feel like there is nothing between their feet and the ocean bottom 250 feet below. Nothing that is, except for 17 foot long great white sharks swimming around below the cages.
Read MoreThe divemastesr soon found their own form however, snatching the tuna baits away from a large female with a severely broken tail who seemed to be working in tandem with “Chica,” who is a regular visitor when we are in Guadalupe. “Broken Tails” showed some very interesting behaviour – flicking her caudal fin against one of the transom cages and then later rubbing up against the same cage.
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