Hi
all!
Oct
21, 2015
Wind
from NNW makes us feel like real adventurous explorers in the ocean
In route to Isla Guadalupe, white bellied Dolphins escorting us along
the way! A sun fish rests on the surface sideways probably enjoying
of the swells and water temp of 74F, a sky covered with clouds in
grey color lets the thin light break thru, some boobies don't waste
time to play In the wind gliding just over the surface without
touching the water!
Our
new first day at the island started with lots of enthusiasm from our
guests wanting to see great whites! The clouds and thin rain didn't
let the sun break thru at first, air temp was 21C, underwater was a
whole other story! Water temp 24C, vis 20m, submersible cage started
to descend very early while divers on the surface cage were already
immersed. At depth our first visitor arrived very curious about the
submersible cage, Gunter, a male white shark kept coming at us
repeatedly with a smiling face, a pilot fish rubbing its little tail
against shark's snout! They know the area! It seems he doesn't have
rush or stress by the way he swims, other male comes in, keeping
distance from each other they shared the swim area below SOLMAR V!
Which was very good for us, after being absent for several trips, a
shark named Horizon shows up with fresh bites on its right flank, at
least today they are pacific swimmers, Andy another male white shark
got in the area once the other two disappeared, surfaces cages were
slow active hoping these shark will come up to break surface but they
didn't, so 3 other sharks including one female made appearance by the
submersible cage, it was fun to see interaction, at times how
they measure one against other to keep status!
The
following day “Legend” a male shark recently acoustic
tagged showed up, after a few weeks of being absent he came back
keeping every one happy putting on a great show from about 7:30 in
the morning to around 12 noon! He is a speedy guy, barely taking
a break, he kept circling surface cages very focused on how to get
the bait! In the end he always did it! Launching its body in
different angles got the bait by doing vertical rapid ascend breaking
surface half of body out of the water, wide open mouth showing teeth
and splashing such amount of water! Many other times coming straight
at the cage open mouth, swimming slowly, very close to cages was also
one of the things he liked to do among so much more! The "Watch
what you wish for" became reality for our guest. Submersible
cage was as good as on the surface. Having up to 4 sharks circling at the same
time, and providing a different perspective to see them from this
cage, that smiling face never disappears, barely open mouths, that
big eye definitely is making contact with us, I wonder what are great whites thinking when they make eye contact with us!?!?...
Dive
inst
Daniel
Zapata, Solmar V.
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