WATCHING A GREAT WHITE SHARK BURST TOWARDS ME AT 40 KPH IS ONE OF THE MOST MIND BLOWING THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN. I’M STOKED!

I came aboard the Nautilus Explorer as a deckhand expecting the typical deckhand duties; cleaning, scrubbing, and making the Explorer look beautiful! But when I heard that I might have the chance to act as divemaster for one trip I was almost jumping with joy! I’m onto my second day as acting divemaster now and […]

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Divemaster Report : San Benitos

Date: Aug 14, 2013 Location: San Benitos Dive 1: 0800 ˆ Peck Rock (north end of East Benitos) Temp: 63F Viz: 90ft Wx: light wind from NW, overcast Seas: 3-4′ nw’ly swell Comments: Good dive, lots of fish life, a few sea lions around. Found a long stretch of fishing long-line and recovered it onboard. […]

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OMG – A HUGE GREAT WHITE SHARK RIGHT BESIDE ME!!

Another beautiful day at Guadalupe, sunny and warm. Getting a bit more wrap around today and looks to be blowing pretty good outside of the bay but just a light wind in the bay. Sharking yesterday afternoon was really good. 3 great white sharks around the submersible cage for the whole afternoon. This morning so […]

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The sea lions followed us all the way back to the Nautilus Explorer but were not able to climb up the dive ladder

So far we had a great time at San Benito’s . We did a nice shallow dive with the sea lion and not to forget the kelp forest underwater. The vis was about 80 plus temp 63F, it was refreshing but we have a lot of fun . We move over to the island Cedros […]

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We had 5 great white sharks around us at one point this morning like a pack of wolves coming straight in towards me.

So far I have been having a blast with the great white sharks. I started off the season just to have the island for ourselves. It is just one of those thing that you would say ‘I just want to do it just to say I have done it’ . Trust me this is my […]

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One young male great white shark poked his nose between the bars on the cage before swimming away without a scratch or a worry in the world

Had a fantastic day yesterday. On the very first dive in the morning we had 5 individual great white sharks around and the action never really stopped all day long. At least 7 individual males throughout the day. The visibility was beautiful with a clear blue 125 foot, 360 degree window around the submersible cages. […]

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Our first day out of the cages was so good!! stunning. Guadalupe. September 26, 2012

Like days before just now at san benitos island getting face to face with playfull curious sea lions and founding amazing paths between sea kelp forest and great chances for shooting awesome photos with different angles of light plus electric lights, octopus, sea stars, sea cucumbers caw nose rays in a sunny day, warm waters […]

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