4 to 5 sharks around the Solmar V all day!

On the last day of this trip there was 4 to 5 White sharks swimming around the SolmarV and getting close to the cages for just about the entire day. Visibility was 80ft/24m, water temp 70F/21C and the morning was overcast but towards noon opened up and was sunny for the rest of the day. The sea seas calm and now we are having a nice smooth crossing back to Ensenada. Highlight of the day: one shark breaching 6ft/2m above the surface!!

Today tarted a bit slow but picked up after lunch!

Our first day at Guadalupe Island started a bit slow, with not a whole lot of action in the early morning closer to lunch things started to pick up! We ended our day with three large male great white sharks, the shark action wouldn't stop and so our divers stayed in the water until the last bit of sunlight was gone! Water temp was 70F/21C very nice. Sky was clear and sunny and to finish with this great day we had our clasic BBQ on the bow of the boat!  Everyone is very happy and excited about tomorrow!

Claudio DM

All our guests are ecstatic with the photos they are getting! We got some great cages shots with big wide open mouth that you can see though the opening of gills!

Today we woke up to a beautiful sunrise. The natural colors hitting the island making it turn in pale yellow, there was not a single cloud in the sky all day, we had a beautiful flat ocean, with no wind at all, air temp 26°C.
As early as 6:40 we had the first visit of a 12ft long male coming back and frwd past the surface cages which mean our first diver in the water was at 7:00, minutes later we had the arrival of a juvenile male of about 9ft length. For a long time we only had these two sharks striking with power and speed at our bait on the surface. From the sun deck looking straight down gave our guests a great perspective to see how thick and long these beautiful animals are! They take their time to slowly swim just beneath the surface breaking it with the dorsal fin. For our last 3 hours we had 5 other sharks very active doing all type of things on the surface including passing  so close they almost touched the cage. All our guests are ecstatic with the photos they are getting!  We got some great cages shots with big wide open mouth that you can see though the opening of gills!  The submersible cage offers another perspective to photograph the sharks, the  shadow of the boat makes it look darker. When they weren't around the cages, the sharks spent a lot of time hiding beneath the boat, and sometimes you can see them from the submersible but not from our surface cages. For the last part of the day a large male, "CC" showed up and stayed until the end of the diving day! We had to break everything down before our journey home and even then the sharks continued to hang around the stern of the boat! Water temp is 69°F and a vis of about 110ft!

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Daniel Zapata

4 Sharks around the cages almost the entire time, with 9 different sharks throughout the action packed day!

Hola, today was a great day, sunny all day, calm sea, and super blue water. We had great whites everywhere, we had at least four of them around the cages almost the entire time!  We spotted 9 different sharks throughout the action packed day!  We had small and large great whites, and a few of them were even breaching!  Everyone on board is having a great time, and after all that action we ended our day with a shoreline cruise along the coast to see the elephant seals resting at the beach.  It was a very solid day at Guadalupe Island.

Claudio DM

Our adventure began before we got to Isla Guadalupe!

An hour and thirty minutes after our departure to Isla Guadalupe, we ran into a school of white sided dolphins we did a few loops they all cooperated doing jumps, surfing the waves together in front of boat but that's not all! Two blue whales were there too although they didn't get as close to the boat as the dolphins! 

We had a beautiful weather here at the island, all day sunny, no wind at all and smooth surface, air temp from 24° to 26°C. It was only about 30 minutes after we got our divers in the cages when spotted the first shark, we only saw it pass by about 50’ from the boat, which we can estimate thanks to the 100' visibility. The methodical shark was taking its time to around the cages, it was cool to have the opportunity to observe it in great detail.  By lunch time we had seen 4 different sharks, including Pancho Villa, a 13' male but he didn't stay for long.  It was good to see him though, I know we'll see him again soon. Pancho Villa was the only identified shark of the day, the other sharks remain unidentified! As usual our day ended up with a pleasant panga ride to the elephant seals, Guadalupe seals, nurseries buy Geronimo!

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Daniel Zapata

Our first dive report from Isla Guadalupe!

We woke up with to a cloudy sky, at some point along the day felt a little of rain, day temp 64F.  Today we counted up to 7 or 8 different sharks, the first one showed up at 6:50 am to start the day! This unidentified 9' male kept us very exited on the surface, while he was circling the cages below.  Soon after a second shark joined us but stayed mostly down deep and didn't spend much time at the surface.The submersible cage was busy going up and down, allowing our certified divers a closer look at the two to three great whites hanging around at 50-60'.

The sharks were taking their time cruising slowly the whole time, the vis. was great as always up to 100’.  Just before lunch time things started to pickup, we had even more sharks, with as many as 5 in one frame and it was busy from that moment on! From the submersible cage we watched as the massive sharks did several partial breaches! The great whites were coming so close to the cage, we had great photo opportunities, and at 4:00 we met an unexpected guest!  Zapata, a  popular15'+ male showed up for even better photo ops!  Right about the same time we had a couple dolphins hanging around the boat, keeping our surface guests excited!  Today the only identified shark was Zapta, the others were all 9-12' long males with no tag.  We finished the day with a sunset panga ride along the nurseries of baby elephant seals courtesy of Geronimo!

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Daniel Zapata

SOCORRO ISLAND
We had a very quiet morning for diving with no wind and a beautiful flat ocean. So our first descent to the dive area was on a rope to make it even easier although there was zero current. A second thing we loved here is an 81°f (26°C) water temp in a more than 80’ vis.  We swam along the reef towards the cleaning station with the mantas, and it was very active with all type of fish the whole way! While moving along the reef we had the chance to encounter octos, peacock flounders, tiger snakes, green morays! While waiting for mantas we decided to kick out into the blue where we found yellow fin tunas, juvenile Galapagos, and Hammer heads up in shallow water like 20’.  When we made it back to the reef we found a black manta with about a 12’ wing span!  It was already there in no more than 30’ of water  being cleaned clarion fish. After some time we decide to swim along the wall at only 20’ of water taking our time and just relaxing! Then a second manta shows up, then more yellow fin tunas, then more hammer heads, then another manta! A fourth manta was there also but not too close, it was a beautiful and easy dive! We finished the dive hovering over the cleaning station, simply watching the interaction of all the creatures of the underwater world, it was amazing.

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Daniel Zapata