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White Shark Diving For Everyone!

Now everyone can get "up close and personal" with the ocean's ultimate predator-The Great White Shark. San Diego Shark Diving Expeditions is offering anyone over the age of 12 a chance to view these huge predators from the safety of our custom designed shark cages. We will have an instructor teach you how to safely breathe from our hookah regulators so that you can now join us on our very successful Great White Shark expeditions to Isla Guadalupe. This is a great opportunity for families, friends, and non-scuba certified individuals to participate on these exciting trips. A minimum of restrictions will apply, please call for details.

The Sea Escape accommodates 18 divers and is a sturdy basic vessel. Accommodations are in double occupancy staterooms and a quad dorm room. There is storage space for gear and camera equipment. The Sea Escape is 110 ft long. It has 3 decks. A sundeck, Lounge/salon and and lower berthing area. Meals are generous and emphasize Mexican cuisine and seafood dishes. Please let us know if you have special dietary preferences.

*Price includes: Accommodations in double occupancy stateroom or quad dorm room, meals, snacks, sodas, bottled water, some alcoholic drinks (beer,wine), 3-day unlimited cage diving. RT bus transport San Diego-Ensenada-San Diego.

*  Does not include: airfare, hotel, gear rental, cocktails, souvenirs, or crew gratuities.
* Mexican tourist entry visa, National Park fees, Port fee ($103)

*  Trip cancellation insurance highly recommended

San Diego Shark Diving

Expeditions, Inc.
6747 Friars Rd. Suite 112
San Diego, CA 92108-1111 USA
Phone: 619-299-8560
Fax: 619-299-1088
e-mail; info@sdsharkdiving.com
Web: http://www.sdsharkdiving.com

There will be a panga for those who would like to cruise near the shore of the island and take surface photos of the Elephant Seals, Guadalupe Fur Seals, and California Sea Lions.

Guadalupe Is. is 210 mi. SSW of San Diego and 144 mi. offshore on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula. Water temperatures at this time of year should be in the mid 60-70s and visibility is often 80-100 ft. The transit form Ensenada to Isla de Guadalpe will take about 20 hours.

We will be using "hooka regs" (long hosed regulators connected to the boat's air bank system) so you only need to bring your wetsuit/drysuit, booties, hood, gloves, and mask.

Divers will board the large coach in San Diego at 8;30 AM ath the Comfort Inn in Old Town at
1955 San Diego Ave
San Diego, CA 92110
619-543-1130
http://www.comfortinn.com/hotel-san_diego-california-CA120?promo=gcica120 for the ride down to Enxenada, Mexico where we'll board the boat.

Mape & Drving directions:
http://www.comfortinn.com/hotel-san_diego-california-CA120/Hotel-Map?maphotel=CA120&country=US&sid=hHlHM.HsT0hgAcx.8

The boat will depart around 12:00 noon. That should get us to Guadalupe Is. around 8:30AM the next morning. We'll have until around 3 PM on the last day at the island to dive before our return to Ensenada. The 5-day itinerary will give us 3 full days at the island at Guadalupe. The boat should arrive into Ensenada around 2:00 PM on the last trip day. At 3:00 PM you'll board the bus for the return to San Diego. We should get back to San Diego around 6:00 PM. We recommend that if you are flying, to book your reutrn flight the next day.

Read a trip report from Chuck Nicklin,
Featured on SignOn San Diego.