I am often asked if diving with great white sharks of Guadalupe Island is safe. My answer is HECK NO!!! You are diving with apex predators that are 18 feet long with the girth of a volkswagen van. There is NOTHING safe about these animals. BUT our cages our safe. They were engineered […]
Read MoreLocation: Isla Socorro, Baja California South, Mexico After a very sharky two days at Roca Partida we headed the 65 miles east to the largest of the three islands that we dive here, Socorro, in search of some Manta lovin’! It was a very comfortable overnight transit and our first stop was the navy base […]
Read MoreLocation: San Benedicto After an amazing final 3 days with the White Sharks of Guadalupe and a quick 3-dive stopover in San Benitos we set out on the 600 nautical mile run south back to the magical islas of the Revillagigedos, also known as Socorro. With the prevailing NW’ly swell supplying us with a gentle […]
Read MoreLocation: Ensenada to Guadalupe, Baja California North Imagine a dive trip where you get to dive with Great White sharks, followed by sea-lions in an untouched kelp forest, followed by Giant Manta Rays, dolphins, hammerheads, silkies, and galapagos sharks, to name only a few. I don`t think there is anywhere else in the world you […]
Read MoreDay 2, Absolutely Fabulous! I simply can’t believe that we have been so fortunate to see so many sharks! We woke up this morning to sharks…It was an exciting day. Our second and third dive in the submersible were especially great – the sharks came in close and they were ready to go! What we […]
Read MoreLocation: Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico Loading on board an IMAX 3D camera is no easy task. It takes a lot of pre-planning and a crane. Fortunately, we had both. With the camera safely loaded and the bus on-time from San Diego, the Nautilus Explorer cast off her lines and headed for Guadalupe. Our departure […]
Read MoreLocation: Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico Transit With the threat of big seas, the Nautilus spent the night at the dock with the plan to let the ocean calm a little. This turned out to be a great move because as we left the harbor at 6am, we hardly noticed the transition to open ocean. […]
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