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It’s a wrap for this year with the great white sharks of Guadalupe Island

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe
Post date 2006-10-17

By Nautilus Staff on October 17th, 2006 in Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe

Well, it’s a wrap for this year with the great white sharks of Guadalupe Island. We are en route from Guadalupe to Ensenada, Mexico to disembark our last shark trip before steaming south to Cabo San Lucas and the first of our Sea of Cortez trips…

Tags cage diving, Ensenada, Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island, luxury liveaboard, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, San Diego, scuba, shark

Super hot diving this morning with great white sharks

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe
Post date 2006-10-16

By Nautilus Staff on October 16th, 2006 in Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe

The diving is super hot this morning, with great white sharks continuously around the back of the Nautilus Explorer. The last day and a half were quiet with sporadic sightings (although our first afternoon was good), but the winds have died down and the white sharks are back with a vengeance.

Tags cage diving, dive boat, Ensenada, Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island, luxury liveaboard, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, San Diego, scuba, shark

Boarded the last of our 2006 great white shark expeditions

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe
Post date 2006-10-13

By Nautilus Staff on October 13th, 2006 in Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe

We boarded the last of our 2006 great white shark expeditions last night and I am anticipating a 19 hour run to Guadalupe in a moderate sea. The skies are clear today and I am hoping that I might see the green flash at sunset.

Tags cage diving, diveboat, Ensenada, Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island, luxury liveaboard, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, scuba, shark

A 14.5ft female ducking & weaving all morning!

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe
Post date 2006-10-09

By Nautilus Staff on October 9th, 2006 in Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe

Great sharking this morning!! We are back on station with the great white sharks of Guadalupe Island and conditions could not be more different than they were on our last trip. The seas are calm and winds are light and variable. We are anchored next to the Ocean Odyssey from San Diego, California and we have both been getting lots of great (no pun intended) shark action this morning.

Tags cage diving, diveboat, Ensenada, Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island, luxury liveaboard, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, San Diego, scuba, shark, snow white

On station with the great white sharks of Guadalupe Island

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe
Post date 2006-10-05

By Nautilus Staff on October 5th, 2006 in Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe

I’m not sure why, but the white sharks don’t seem to like the wind or choppy surface conditions. I have noticed this before – the sharks disappear when it’s windy and the reappear as soon as everything calms down. We know that their visual acuity is similar to ours, and I’m guessing that they have trouble observing and checking out potential prey against a backdrop of wind and chop? I’ve tucked into the lee of the island as best I can and I am anchored quite close to the shoreline.