Comment from Captain Mike. We just got back from the Scuba Show at Long Beach, California. It was a great show. Very busy. The most interesting part of the weekend were the rumours flying around that 10 – 12 juvenile great white sharks had been spotted swimming off Long Beach!! Wow! Great stuff as long […]
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Note from Captain Mike. Our heart goes out to this poor juvenile great white shark. This 8 footer is less than 1 year old and was most likely pupped last May or June. It’s impossible not to be sad at this young guy rolling around in the surf, trapped and dying. Very sad. We wish […]
Read MoreI had been in a shark cage once before, years ago, in the Farallon Islands (off San Francisco). The water was not more than 60 degrees F, the visibility was less than 10 feet, and since it was a national park, the only thing the boat could do to lure any sharks was to put […]
Read MoreI went down on the last dive of the day, Monte had his camera behind me and the great white shark passed the cage with my camera 2 inches from its mouth! You could see my monitor on my video camera in its mouth, screen saver for sure! Third year in a row […]
Read MoreThe wait was definitely worth it! But if I could have my time again I would not have waited so long. For anyone thinking of diving with Great Whites this is the best place to do it though not guaranteed we still managed to see multiple sharks on all but one dive and on my […]
Read MoreTuesday, October 15, 2013 The Last Dive I am not even dry yet from my last dive of the trip @ 2pm. This was the perfect dive to end the trip by far! Lucy and a male shark were constantly weaving around our cages, taking small nips at the bait for a few minutes. […]
Read MoreThe white shark population at Guadalupe Island appears to be stable. We see the same sharks year after year (touch wood). There is good surveillance and enforcement by the Mexican authorities. Unfortunately the same is not always true for other parts of Baja California and we have seen disturbing photos of butchered white […]
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