Nautilus UnderSea, Guadalupe, Great White Shark

Guadeloupe Island is located over 150 miles from Mexico’s Pacific coast and is home to the impressive Great White Shark. Cage dives allow for close encounters with these magnificent apex predators and offer the opportunity to get some great photos.

350 great white sharks identified so far in the bay that we dive in at Guadalupe Island! There is 40m plus visibility! The trip includes opportunity for virtually unlimited diving between our submersible and surface cages.

Nautilus Undersea

The UnderSea first entered service in 1968 as the personal submarine tender to Dr. Perry of Perry Oceanographic. This sturdy and brave ship became one of the most famous dive boats in the world as the Undersea Hunter voyaging out to Cocos Island and in IMAX adventures around the South Pacific. We graced the ship with a massive shipyard refit including: stretching the hull out to 105 feet, a new superstructure and extended sun deck, a bulbous bow and stability system.

Overview

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The current record is 9 great whites circling the cages at one time.";s:10:"8_wpeditor";s:378:"<ul> <li>Hot tub</li> <li>Huge dive deck</li> <li>Unlimited time with great whites</li> <li>Large sundeck</li> <li>9 ensuite staterooms and suites</li> <li>Internet access and satellite phone</li> <li>Nitrox</li> <li>Fully-stocked bar</li> </ul>";s:11:"10_wpeditor";s:485:"<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DG9oyEqtiLg" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/41c__mrPYK0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>";s:10:"9_wpeditor";s:126:"[gallery size="large" ids="15112,15088,15106,15107,15109,15108,15110,15111,15113,15114,15078,15076,15105"]";s:11:"12_wpeditor";s:0:"";s:11:"11_wpeditor";s:3273:"<h2>6-day Sample itinerary</h2> <h3>Day 1</h3> Welcome! Bienvenidos!! We encourage you to spend an extra day or two before your trip enjoying the lovely resort town of Ensenada. We especially recommend a Guadalupe Valley wine tour arranged through the Hotel Coral. If you prefer, take advantage of the hotel’s kayaks, bikes, indoor and outdoor pools, gym or spoil yourself with a massage and spa treatment. Check-in is open from noon onwards at the waterfront Marina Bar and Grill. Please be sure to check in by 7 pm. Boarding is available at 9:30 pm. The Captain and divemasters will guide you down to the boat where the rest of our crew will be waiting to greet you with big smiles and trays of champagne. Though we have the only large, steel, stabilized dive boats in this part of the Pacific and you can expect the best ride possible, it’s always a good idea to bring anti-seasickness meds. <h3>Day 2</h3> Today we will be travelling and relaxing at sea. We will hold an orientation and safety drill. It is for your safety and we will make it lots of fun. Shark 101 will be in the afternoon, then you can try out a shark cage on the back deck! Cocktail hour is at 7pm, although our guests often enjoy some cocktails well before that! Guadalupe Island should appear over the horizon in the early evening, and we will have a calm night in the protected anchorage to get a restful sleep before the next morning’s excitement of diving with our sharky friends. <h3>Day 3-5</h3> Our theory on how shark trips should operate is very simple. Have loads of large comfortable cages in the water. Open the cages for diving at 6:30am. Leave the cages open until dusk. Have lots of divemasters in the water and on the dive deck to ensure an excellent diving experience for our guests.  They provide virtually unlimited diving in our surface cages, and provide at least three dives a day for certified divers in our submersible cages. We want to make sure you can dive as much as you want, for as long as you want. And don’t worry about missing a meal if you are in the water – our chefs and hostesses will cook up breakfast to order or save a plate of food for you. Other activity opportunities include our group Shark ID sessions, cocktail hour, and provided good weather, our “theatre under the stars”. (Steven Spielberg’s Jaws is always a favourite, followed closely by The Perfect Storm!) And of course, you can jump in the hot tub, even between your dives! <h3>Day 6</h3> Sadly, your time onboard will come to a close when you arrive back at the Hotel Coral in Ensenada around 2:00 pm. Before you disembark, they will ensure you get a copy of the trip highlights DVD that our crew has put together. We hope that you might spend another day or two in Ensenada. Hotel vans will be waiting to transport everyone else back to either the Tijuana Airport or the San Diego Airport or 4 Points Sheraton hotel via the Tecate border crossing. The crossing time by Tecate might be a bit longer than the San Ysidro crossing but offers the tremendous benefit of being able to cross in the van with no need to disembark and drag suitcases and bags across by hand the way we did in the old days.";s:10:"7_wpeditor";s:0:"";}|a:7:{s:10:"1_wpeditor";s:1130:"<img class="alignright wp-image-15111" src="http://oysterdiving.local:57728/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/under_sea_anchored_g_Avun9.jpg" alt="" width="401" height="225" />This lovely liveaboard to Guadeloupe features 1 triple room, 6 state rooms, ADA compatible stateroom and 1 Premium Suite. Just 19 divers are allowed on this liveaboard which combined with the SunderSea's spaciousness, comfort and huge dive deck, make this a personal experience. The main benefit of this itinerary is it is one of the best places in the world to see great white sharks: <ul> <li>Near unlimited time with them in the water</li> <li>Good visibility</li> <li>Some of the largest great whites found on the planet</li> </ul> Natural interaction from the submersible cages. No blood, chum or oil any of that stuff needed to provide the best experience in the industry. Note that July and August is our favorite time to visit Guadalupe and see the most sharks. The current record is 9 great whites circling the cages at one time.";s:10:"8_wpeditor";s:378:"<ul> <li>Hot tub</li> <li>Huge dive deck</li> <li>Unlimited time with great whites</li> <li>Large sundeck</li> <li>9 ensuite staterooms and suites</li> <li>Internet access and satellite phone</li> <li>Nitrox</li> <li>Fully-stocked bar</li> </ul>";s:11:"10_wpeditor";s:485:"<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DG9oyEqtiLg" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/41c__mrPYK0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>";s:10:"9_wpeditor";s:126:"[gallery size="large" ids="15112,15088,15106,15107,15109,15108,15110,15111,15113,15114,15078,15076,15105"]";s:11:"12_wpeditor";s:0:"";s:11:"11_wpeditor";s:3273:"<h2>6-day Sample itinerary</h2> <h3>Day 1</h3> Welcome! Bienvenidos!! We encourage you to spend an extra day or two before your trip enjoying the lovely resort town of Ensenada. We especially recommend a Guadalupe Valley wine tour arranged through the Hotel Coral. If you prefer, take advantage of the hotel’s kayaks, bikes, indoor and outdoor pools, gym or spoil yourself with a massage and spa treatment. Check-in is open from noon onwards at the waterfront Marina Bar and Grill. Please be sure to check in by 7 pm. Boarding is available at 9:30 pm. The Captain and divemasters will guide you down to the boat where the rest of our crew will be waiting to greet you with big smiles and trays of champagne. Though we have the only large, steel, stabilized dive boats in this part of the Pacific and you can expect the best ride possible, it’s always a good idea to bring anti-seasickness meds. <h3>Day 2</h3> Today we will be travelling and relaxing at sea. We will hold an orientation and safety drill. It is for your safety and we will make it lots of fun. Shark 101 will be in the afternoon, then you can try out a shark cage on the back deck! Cocktail hour is at 7pm, although our guests often enjoy some cocktails well before that! Guadalupe Island should appear over the horizon in the early evening, and we will have a calm night in the protected anchorage to get a restful sleep before the next morning’s excitement of diving with our sharky friends. <h3>Day 3-5</h3> Our theory on how shark trips should operate is very simple. Have loads of large comfortable cages in the water. Open the cages for diving at 6:30am. Leave the cages open until dusk. Have lots of divemasters in the water and on the dive deck to ensure an excellent diving experience for our guests.  They provide virtually unlimited diving in our surface cages, and provide at least three dives a day for certified divers in our submersible cages. We want to make sure you can dive as much as you want, for as long as you want. And don’t worry about missing a meal if you are in the water – our chefs and hostesses will cook up breakfast to order or save a plate of food for you. Other activity opportunities include our group Shark ID sessions, cocktail hour, and provided good weather, our “theatre under the stars”. (Steven Spielberg’s Jaws is always a favourite, followed closely by The Perfect Storm!) And of course, you can jump in the hot tub, even between your dives! <h3>Day 6</h3> Sadly, your time onboard will come to a close when you arrive back at the Hotel Coral in Ensenada around 2:00 pm. Before you disembark, they will ensure you get a copy of the trip highlights DVD that our crew has put together. We hope that you might spend another day or two in Ensenada. Hotel vans will be waiting to transport everyone else back to either the Tijuana Airport or the San Diego Airport or 4 Points Sheraton hotel via the Tecate border crossing. The crossing time by Tecate might be a bit longer than the San Ysidro crossing but offers the tremendous benefit of being able to cross in the van with no need to disembark and drag suitcases and bags across by hand the way we did in the old days.";s:10:"7_wpeditor";s:0:"";}

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