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California Shark Diving Profile
In the past 20 years, researchers
made two startling discoveries about California waters. Both
discoveries involve a population of Great White Sharks that were lurking
unknown beneath the surface. Diving with Great Whites in the Farallons A group of islands known as the Farallon islands are one of the top places in North America to go cage diving with great whites. The Farrallones are located 28 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco. A protected National State Wildlife Refuge since 1969, the Farrallones are an important research spot for great whites. They are one of the few places in the world where great whites can be observed in predatory attacks upon seals, birds, and sea lions from dry land. Isla de Guadalupe Guadalupe Island is an oceanic, volcanic island about 145 miles offshore of Baja Mexico, 200 miles south of San Diego. The island has a sheer rock wall extending hundreds of feet up into the air, as well as hundreds of feet into the ocean. Great whites like rocky outcrops and volcanic islands because the shear drop-offs around the edges of the islands into cool, deep water provides the sharks with the temperature and depth that they need, while the seals and other animals that live on the islands provide an easily accessible food source. The volcanic islands are the only known reproductive zone for the Guadalupe fur seal in the world, and are important reproductive zones for a number of other marine animals as well. The islands large population of pinnipeds makes it one of the world's top places for great white shark sightings.
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Shark Diving Australia
Australia has some of the most
diverse scuba diving destinations available anywhere in the world,
making this vast island nation undoubtedly unique. With it's
combination of the Great Barrier Reef and tropical marine life that it
supports in the north, along with the temperate diving zones and the
temperate marine life of the south, Australia offers some of the most
diverse scuba opportunities available anywhere. A visit with the
great white sharks near the Neptune islands of southern Australia may be
the pinnacle of a diver's career! Bahamas
In the early to mid-seventies,
ironically at the height of the popularity of the movie
"Jaws," the Bahamas became known world-wide as a pioneer in
shark diving and shark feeding dives! With it's clear, pristine
waters, and dive sites including great wall diving and blue holes, and
its abundance of reef sharks, the Bahamas have become known as one of
the world's best places for divers to encounter sharks in their own
natural environment. Sharks can be found in literally all waters
around the islands, and a number of experienced dive operators can
assist you in shark encounters around the islands.
South Africa
Undoubtedly one of
the top shark diving regions of the world, South Africa offers
everything from shark diving with raggies to the ultimate experience of
cage diving with Great Whites! With an enormously long coastline,
South Africa offers an array of diving opportunities. With it's
warmer waters in the north, tropical and sub-tropical species inhabit
the reefs, and whale sharks, turtles, dolphin, and ragged-tooth sharks
(another name for what we call sand tigers in the U.S.) can be seen on
occasion in specific places. Temperate waters to the south provide
opportunities to dive in magnificent kelp forests, as well as the chance
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This is your year to meet "Mystery" at Isla Guadalupe
Email us at
staff@divingwithsharks.com or call us anytime 619.565.0208
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