Unique visitors to the Belle Amie!

Special guests of Belle Amie’s 119th trip: a cute little duck showing off at the stern, a pod of dolphins in the early morning, a baby Mako, and a turtle! But what I will remember the most about this trip were the females Great White Sharks. One named Persephone hung out with us for a […]

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Another blog from Silvia on station at Lupita (her nickname for Guadalupe Island)

Hola, Again!! One more great trip.. this time with a group of 25 French people. A lot of sharks and happy people. When we were leaving the island, the scenario was amazing… how big and beautiful it is with a nice sunset, that’s the way I decide to introduce you to Lupita (my nickname for […]

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Dive report from Divemaster JJ – Guadalupe great white sharks

Surface cages open  at o630 –  first dive 0710 and last dive at 1800, closed at 1830. Submersibles cages opened at 0750. Almost everyone had 3 dives except one guest that choose to do only 2. Cages closed at 17 00 Temp: Almost all day it was at 70 degrees; just the last 2 dives […]

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Facts about the great white sharks of Guadalupe Island

There are about 500 shark species in the world. One of the satellite-tagged great white shark at Guadalupe Island traveled 3,800 km (2100 NMi) to Hawaii. Sharks dive up to a depths of 680 m (2230 feet or 370  fathoms) in water with a temperature of 4.8°C  (41°F). At Isla Guadalupe you can find not […]

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Awestruck and Happy Guests Diving in Cages

Fortunately, the mako did not hang around and the reason was soon clear when a couple of 12′ male great whites showed up and seemed to be taking turns to make a run on baits we had out. Despite the best efforts of the crew on the bait lines, the sharks seemed to be on a winning streak.

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