It never rains at Guadalupe Island!!

Location: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico. Unbelievably it rained today at Guadalupe Island which is extremely unusual.  There was a very bad forest fire on the Island 2 weeks ago which wiped out 80 percent of the cedar and pine forest that was delicately balanced along the ridge line of Guadalupe.  It’s too […]

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Flat calm crossing from Guadalupe Island – smooth as glass

Location: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico. Divemaster Sten and Sharkmaster Sam reporting.  Buzz and Mike are both on time off right now.  The crossing at the end of the last trip was mirror smooth with just a very long soft swell.   You could have woken up this morning and believed that you were […]

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The great white sharks are back at Guadalupe Island

Location: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico After a couple of days of white sharking that seemed to get progressively quieter and quieter, it was energizing to get “back on the money” and have the sharks back in full force today.   Diving conditions were quite a bit tougher than normal as we had to deal with […]

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A slow day for great white sharks at Guadalupe Island but lots of yellowfin tuna

Location: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico We’ve had an excellent season so far with the great white sharks of Guadalupe Island with lots of awesome sharking.  Unfortunately, as is true of all big animal diving, not every day is going to be awesome.  Yesterday was one of our slower days and today was really slow.   We […]

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Blue whales at Guadalupe Island

Location: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico Divemaster Buzz reporting as Captain Mike has gone camping on the shores of the Sea of Cortez in his bus. Had a routine passage to Guadalupe Island with 6 foot seas and a pretty easy ride on the Nautilus Explorer.  Despite an overcast day without the sun […]

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Great white shark status report – Guadalupe Island

Location: Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico Arrived at Shark Bay, Guadalupe Island just after dinner yesterday to find the Solmar V and Islander anchored on site with a day of shark diving already under their belt.  No matter, there is lots of room and lots of sharks for all three of us in […]

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A realistic appraisal of diving with great white sharks at Guadalupe Island

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 […]

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