Hola amigos!
I can't believe how fast this season is
going, we are in our 5th trip already, I guess it's
because we are having too much fun!
On this trip we got a group of 18 Americans, 1 Argentinian and 1 British guest, a great group with a great
vibe since they stepped off the bus at the Ensenada marina!
After the usual safety briefing and the
unpacking we left port and as soon as we left the marina we
noticed something, great weather! The day was sunny, the ocean was really
calm, what else could we ask for on our crossing to Guadalupe?! Oh
yes! A pod of common dolphins and a whale flapping it's tale at the
surface came to say good bye and have nice trip!
The nice weather made us have a great
night of sleep and the next morning we woke up to a cloudy day and
some little waves, but nothing to worry about, once closer to the
island captain slowed down and we all run outside to see what was
going on and to our surprise we had a pod of about 5 cuvier's beaked
whales! They are rare to see especially from a big boat as they are a very shy
kind of whales, so after a couple of times of looking at them coming
up to the surface to take a breath we kept going our way to Guadalupe
island. Once we entered the north east bay where we are allowed to do
the cage diving. It was sunny, and ocean was completely
flat, great conditions for great whites! We got to our usual spot, anchored, set the hanging
bait, so we could have some blood in the water to attract the sharks,
we set the surface cages and boom! We already had a shark around the
boat! It all seemed to point to a perfect trip, good crossing, good
weather at the island, flat seas, sharks after not even 2 minutes
with the bait in the water...unreal!
After briefing and suiting up, divers
jumped in the water and from that moment on we had shark action non
stop for the first and second day of the trip! On our third day sadly
it got very windy and the sharks went into deeper water, which
actually calmed down a bit for the last hour of diving and Mau and
Atlantis came back to give us some great passes and a few jumps
and full opened jaw pictures! Others than those hours on our third
day with slow action the trip was just unreal, we had jumps, turns,
sprints and all kinds of acrobatics from old shark friends like Mau,
Horizon, CC, but specially Atlantis that was the star of this trip,
as our friend Zapata, did not show up this time to show the rookies
how a proper show is done!
Now we prepare ourselves for the 6th
trip, that will bring some great cinematographers and photographers
on board, so stay tuned to know who this great guys are!
Hasta la vista!
Antonio Romero
Dive Instructor
Solmar V
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