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

Big Mommas Invade Guadalupe

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2018-10-24
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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

Noontime Shark Fest

By Nautilus Crew on October 5th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

We had 8 or 9 different sharks (the maximum count at once was 6!), with at least three females and many males.

Tags cage diving, great white sharks, great whites, huge divedeck, improvement, joker, Nautilus Explorer, refit, ropey, shark diving, shark wrangling, sharks, upgrades, wrangling

Turtles, Sea Lions and, of Course, Sharks at Guadalupe

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2018-09-22
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By Nautilus Crew on September 22nd, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

Once again we had action non-stop all day long. At one point you could see 6 sharks in the same frame, but we had at least 10 different sharks throughout the day.

Orcas and Great Whites in One Trip?!

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2018-09-17
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By Nautilus Crew on September 17th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

Just when you think you had it all, as we were sailing back to Ensenada, we were greeted by Orcas!!

Tags andy, big mommas, cage diving, Ensenada, great white sharks, great whites, joker, killer whales, mace, new divers, orcas, pod of orcas, rhett, ropey, shark express, sharks, Shredder

A great white close by the shark diving cage, photo by Dan Orr

Perfect Diving Conditions and Crazy Shark Action

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2018-09-11
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By Nautilus Crew on September 11th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

The wranglers were working like crazy, especially when 4 sharks were trying to get the bait at the same time!

Over 15 Individual Great Whites in One Day!

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Post date 2018-09-06
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By Nautilus Crew on September 6th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

Forty minutes after the bait went in, the first shark showed and from there on we had non-stop action with at least 15 different sharks throughout the day.