Hola amigos!
Our second trip to Guadalupe island was
a great adventure!
We received an eager group of
videographers, photographers, and a couple of first timers, everybody was
ready and excited to go see the apex predator of the ocean...the
great white shark!
Once we left port and made it out of
the bay we found a quite rough sea and that lasted all the way to the
island. Once we were approaching we could see a cloudy sky and only
the surroundings of the island were clear and sunny, which made me
think that we had a great trip ahead.
Got to the island, set up all the
equipment, and about 30 minutes after we had the bait in the water
the first shark showed up!, a 12ft male came to try to get the bait,
a few minutes later a second one joined...great start for the trip!
The water was warm for the entire trip,
22C/72F, calm the first day, but that changed for the last 2 days
when it got windy and we had some little waves that made the cages be
a little bumpy.
Our first day was exciting with many
appearances, great passes, specially close to the surface cages,
action was on and off as we had another 4 boats close to the area but
that changed for the next couple of days.
For our second and third day 1boat left
and the action keep going, sharks gathered around the boat having
from 2 up to 5 different males around us, they came from all
directions, trying to get the bait from the wranglers. We had many
sharks, probably around 10 to 14 different sharks on this trip. Our
submersible cage also had action, with the sharks coming very close
checking us out.
On this 3 days we had the visit of at
least 3 sharks the we already know, Zapata, a big 15ft male that
gave us action for the 3 days, Atlantis, another big male, this one
a little smaller probably around 13-14ft, with a small tail, probably
the result of a fight with another male and also we had the visit of
Horizon, a crazy male that makes quick but frenzy appearances trying
to get the bait with quick moves and some times jumps.
Sadly 3pm on our third day of diving
brought the end of the water activities on the trip, and we started
our way back to Ensenada, which was very rough on our first day but
yesterday morning got a lot better as we came closer to shore.
Now we await for our 3rd tip
of the season, and we expect it to be as exciting as the first two!
Stay tuned because there is more shark
action coming your way!
Antonio Romero
Dive Instructor
Solmar V
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