Back at Isla Guadalupe with the sharks

Day 01: Super stoked to be back here at Isla Guadalupe diving with the magnificent great whites again. The day started a little slow, but after a couple dives, a 3-4 metre juvenile male turned up and hung out with us for the rest of the day. He wasn’t shy, and made a lot of […]

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Feisty is the word of the day today. Guadalupe Great White Shark diving, October 2011

We begin with a slow start; one large female great white shark circling the submersible cages a few times on our first dive before disappearing, along with all of her friends for the second and third. Dive four is when things begin to get fun. A mixed bag of visitors begins to show up, including […]

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Bored with Grizzly Bears…

Imagine being anchoring between a gorgeous 150 foot high waterfall off the bow and a pile of snow 250 feet high off the stern while hemmed into a narrow fjord with steeply rising sides that start with hemlock and fir trees 150 feet high in beautiful, different hues of green and then rises up to snowfields and jagged granite mountain peaks 3000 feet above. Incredible stuff. To top it off, picture a good looking grizzly bear grazing in the sedge grass 400 feet from the Nautilus Explorer.

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Great big white shark swimming around on the surface

Location: At anchor Guadalupe Island, Mexico Comments: Slow start today and we didn’t see our first great big white shark until 10:30. We have seen 2 in the last hour and a half but they are staying fairly deep, swimming up to the surface and then going deep again. Not quite sure what to make […]

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