The
time flies by so fast! We’re already done with the third trip of
the Guadalupe Great White Shark Season 2014 and here is the Trip
Report!
The
first day of the trip, we left with amazingly good weather, we had a
nice smooth crossing ahead of us! As soon as we left Ensenada bay, we
en countered several blue whales that were probably feeding in the
area. We stopped by to check them out and fill our camera cards with
some great photos! The whales were giving us a good show, however we
had to leave them and continue our trek to Guadalupe Island!
We
arrived early in the morning, and we had shark action about an hour
after the cages opened for diving! The next four hour were non-stop
action with 3 sharks around the cages the entire time, cruising back
and forth trying to get the bait! Our shark wranglers did their best
to not feed the curious sharks, but they got hammered by these active
sharks! The submersible cage was incredible as always, we got to see
a total of 10 different sharks that patrolled the boat around 40'
deep. The water temperature at the surface is in the low 70's with
well over 100' visibility! As always, our bow BBQ was a blast!
The
sharks were kind of mellow at the surface on the second day of the
trip, however the sub-cage was super busy with nearly 12 hours of
non-stop action! The action was happening right at 40' where a
thermocline that dipped the water temperature to 69F was keeping the
sharks busy, at the end of the day we counted 8 total sharks, 4 of
which hung out with us the day before! The third and final day at
the island started with a beautiful sunrise and surface so sooth that
we had the chance to get some amazing time lapse shots! After the
sunrise, the sharks were entertained with the bait game for the rest
of the day! We had less sharks on our 3rd
day than on the previous two, but 3 of them gave us a good show
through the afternoon! They kept us entertained until it was time to
say goodbye to these majestic and misunderstood creatures that rule
over the best place in the world for great white action with the best
conditions! Stay tuned for the next Great White Shark Adventure with
the Solmar V crew at Guadalupe Island!
Hasta
La Vista amigos!
Erick
Higuera
Solmar
V Dive Instuctor
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