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Great White Sharks

Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico
Farallon Islands, off San Francisco, California
South Africa
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Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico

How it Started

Cage diving with a Great white shark at Guadalupe Island, Mexico is an opportunity for everyone, divers and non-divers alike, to get extremely close to these magnificent apex predators. Our first great white shark expedition was in September, 2005 when Doc Anes of San Diego Shark Diving chartered the Nautilus Explorer to voyage down to Guadalupe Island. The Nautilus was custom built for just this sort of adventure and we had a very comfortable ride on the way down.

The experience was incredible and vastly exceeded our expectations. We anticipated that the shark wranglers would make long slicks of blood and chum and that a white shark might show up every couple of hours to bash against the cages before taking off again. Instead, a steady stream of animals showed up each day and very little chum was required to bait these magnficent animals into the Nautilus Explorer. While the great white sharks didn't bash the cages other than the occasional accidental "tail hit", these really, REALLY big animals often examined our divers from extremely close up which was definitely a heart pounding, adrenalin rush experience! The photo opportunities were amazing.

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Farallon Islands, off San Francisco, California

Cage Diver San Francisco

The Incredible Great White Shark Adventure
Travel by luxury boat 30 miles off the coast of California to San Francisco's Farallon Islands, one of the best places in the world to view Great White Sharks. Cage dive with Great White Sharks the size of cars in the world's largest shark cage - and you don't have to be a diver.

Your Great White Shark expedition begins just before dawn, when you board our giant shark boat at the Tiburon, California Marina. We typically leave the dock by 6 am in order to be on location in time to witness early morning feeding events. Great white sharks feed on the population of seals who inhabit the Farallons.

Total time at the dive site is usually 8 - 10 hours, but can vary. We'll be back at the dock no later than 7 pm. Trips may end earlier if a sufficient number of sharks are spotted early in the day. Our boat is equipped to easily handle 16 cage divers and 4 or more topside viewers in comfort.

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