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GEERG-You want to dive with the Greenland Shark?
Canada is fast becoming the "land of sharks" and none more sexy than the ice cold Greenland Shark. Turns out an estimated 100 million sharks live off Canada’s shores...good luck seeing any of them as the waters here tend to run from pea soup to Beijing smog on a good day. We blogged about this unlikely critter a few months ago and now would like to introduce you to the cutting edge guys who make shark diving with these cold water animals a reality: The mission of GEERG is to study the Greenland ...
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Isla Guadalupe-Shark Diver Jeff Cannada Review
With two of our vessels completing their final day in the North Bay today it would seem for now the turmoil of the last few weeks has settled down to quick and thorough vessel inspections by the MX Navy and happy divers. Here’s another diver review from last weeks adventures with Shark Diver aboard the MV Islander: Hi Patric, I just wanted to tell you that my recent shark diving adventure really exceeded my expectations. To be honest, I was a little concerned about safety not only of the great w...
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Scuba Diving Magazine-Guadalupe Coverage
Editor Travis Marshall with Scuba Diving Magazine broke the Isla Guadalupe chumming controversy in September. In the next few months more articles about this ongoing declaration and controversy with the MX Navy banning chumming at this pristine site will be forthcoming. Our goal is to keep divers informed and direct the conversation into sustainable solutions. If this unique dive site is to survive and flourish cross border cooperation and unified direction will have to happen here. The options ...
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Great White Shark-Bahamas
At the start of this week we got a strange email from the Bahamas-a Great White had washed ashore off Grand Bahama. "Several of Unexso staff including Christina & Veronica heard about it and went out and shot the pictures below. They heard the shark was chasing bait fish and leaped out of the water landing on a shallow ledge as the tide was going out. They checked the stomach and it was empty. This happened in XXX which is the town XXX of the port on the way to XXX." Of course we did a little di...
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New Zeland Great White Shark Diving?
It’s been a well known secret that the Foveaux Strait in New Zealand is home to some very big and very prolific Great Whites. Now for the first time, a team has set up a serious commercial venture to take divers there run by the Great White Southern Dive Company (website coming soon). Blessed with Isla Guadalupe like conditions, 100 foot visibility, and more sharks than you can shake a stick at. We’ll cautiously predict this site will be the next great Shark Mecca for those seeking an encounter ...
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6 Gill Shark:Rare Find
It`s not every day you happen to be walking along the beach and discover a Six Gill Shark. Normally you find these critters at depths up to 1500` and greater. The Six Gills we have encountered were typically shy, rare, and amazing animals to see in person. These ancient sharks have spiked and serrated teeth that rip and tear the meat off of whatever dead animal drifts down to the cold dark depths. You can only imagine this guys surprise when a 9 foot beast washed up on his local beach this week:...
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