Tag: Lucy

A great white swims just under the surface at Guadalupe

Meeting the Real Jaws at Guadalupe

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Categories Guadalupe, Guests
Post date 2018-10-26
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By Nautilus Guests on October 26th, 2018 in Guadalupe, Guests

When I got in there was a sea lion using the boat as cover with 2 female great whites and 2 males hunting it.

Tags baby shark, big mommas, bucket list, cage diving, great white sharks, great whites, hunting behaviour, large female sharks, Lucy, male sharks, martin graf, Sea lion, shark diver, shark diving, sharks, taco night, trivia night, tuna, yellowfin

Lucy, a female great white with a broken tail. Photo by divemaster Mirko

Big Mommas Invade Guadalupe

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Guadalupe
Post date 2018-10-24
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By Nautilus Crew on October 24th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

Many large sharks, the big females, are starting to arrive, with several individuals at 13ft plus and some as large as 15ft!

Tags andy, big mommas, cage diving, female sharks, great white sharks, great whites, luca, Lucy, mackrel, new divers, rhett, ropey, shark breaches, shark diving, shark wrangling, sharks, slashfin, tuna, yellowfin

A great white dives at Guadalupe, Photo ©Michele Hall

Shark Experts and New Divers Meet Great Whites!

Post author By Nautilus Guests
Categories Guadalupe, Guests
Post date 2018-10-22
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By Nautilus Guests on October 22nd, 2018 in Guadalupe, Guests

If scars are the beauty of the deep, “Lucy” is Miss Universe! And all the other sharks seem just as in awe of her as we are. She combines an incredible mix of grace and power.

Tags big mommas, bucket list, cage diving, great white sharks, great whites, gulf coast divers, Lucy, miss universe, shark diving, sharks, the shark guy

A curious great white swims towards the camera at Guadalupe

120ft+ Visibility at Guadalupe Island!

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Guadalupe
Post date 2018-10-17
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By Nautilus Crew on October 17th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

I estimate in just two days we have seen upwards of 30 individual sharks from 7ft juveniles that were just a couple of years old up to 15ft plus leviathans which could be 15-20 years old!

Tags big mommas, cage diving, female great whites, giant sharks, great white sharks, great whites, joker, Lucy, shark diving, sharks, slashfin

Lucy the great white shark goes for the tuna

Full Body Breaches and Breathing Underwater

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Guadalupe
Post date 2018-10-15
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By Nautilus Crew on October 15th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

From the cages you could see the anchor chain and we had 4 great white sharks circling the cages and the boat all day long.

Tags andy, big momma, cage diving, female great whites, female sharks, great white sharks, great whites, kenric, Lucy, pilot fish, sea lions, shark breach, shark diving, sharks, tuna, turtles, yellowfin

Ed grabbed my wrist and guided me to the edge of the cage. Out of the blue glided the largest shark I have ever seen!! She was HUGE!

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive
Post date 2013-11-12
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By Nautilus Staff on November 12th, 2013 in Archive

It was my first day of working as a deckhand on the Nautilus Explorer and my very first (and long anticipated) dive with great white sharks. I spent the day painting and scraping and generally making the boat ship shape while lending a hand to the divemasters and other crew. By the time the […]

Tags deckhand blog, females, great white sharks, Guadalupe Island, Lucy, Mauricio, tuna

The great white shark passed the submersible cage with it's mouth 2" from my camera lens!!

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Guadalupe
Post date 2013-11-08
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By Nautilus Staff on November 8th, 2013 in Archive, Guadalupe

I 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 […]