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GREETINGS SHARK FANS!
The Shark Diving International team is gearing up for
an incredible year! This month we are returning to
Fiji
for our Shark Diving in Paradise
tour.
In
July we will be
at Cocos Island tagging Hammerhead
Sharks with
our Costa Rican research team.
Then finally we
will
start our 2007 White Shark season at Isla
Guadalupe
in August and the Farallon season will begin in
September.
We will finish up the year and begin
2008
in the Bahamas for our Tiger shark and Great
Hammerhead shark trips.
Our 2007 Fiji and Cocos trips are all sold out! So if
you
did not make it this year, you can sign up for 2008
NOW. Don't miss out. Just give us a
call!
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Get ready
Shark
Fans!
The Guadalupe
White Sharks
will begin arriving at the island next month. We are
going to have an incredible season this year.
We have
22 trips scheduled from August through November.
The Solmar V will be operating from Ensenada August
and September then The Searcher will take over
October and November departing from San Diego. We
will be at the island
the entire season and offer everyone an opportunity to
experience the greatest shark diving in the world.
If you have been thinking about doing this trip for the
first time or returning for another awesome shark
adventure with us, now is the time to book your space!
Trips are filling up and space is limited.
Do
not miss out!
Book your trip with us as soon as
possible.
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Check Out The New
SEESHARKS.COM |
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We have just launched our new
SEESHARKS.COM
website. We are very excited about our new site. Since
we are an International Company we have had the
new site translated in several languages so Shark
Fans from all over the world can enjoy it! So far we
have had it translated in French, German,
Italian, Russian and Japanese.
We
hope you find this site much easier to navigate and
find the information you need. You will also be able to
download and view
all of our new videos and
view
many of the photos our shark fans
have
sent us
over
the years.
Please check it out and let us know what you
think
about it!
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| SEND US YOUR FAVORITE SHARK PHOTOS AND WIN! |
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With our new site we have a photo gallery
from
each
of our 8 destinations.
We want to fill the
Galleries up with
photos from all of our clients that have traveled with us
in the past. If you have any photos you would like to
share with all of the Shark Fans out there please send
us a few of your favorites!
We
also are
preparing to
print our new 2007/2008 Catalog.
If you
send
us a great
image we may select your image to be placed in the
destination page from where your photo was taken.
If it a really great shot and I know that there are quite a
few out there, we may even select your image.
If your image is selected for
our
future cover shot you will win!
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TIGER BEACH PARTY 2007/2008
Tiger Sharks,Great Hammerheads, Alligators and Manatees! |
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For those Shark Fans who are looking for
a
great
East
Coast Shark Adventure. Have we got a trip for you!
Join us for Tiger Beach Party 2007/2008.
We meet in
West Palm Beach, Florida and head out to the
legendary West End of Grand Bahamas. You will dive
the famous Tiger Beach and several exciting dive
sites such as "End of the Map where Monsters Live".
We will be diving with Tiger sharks and Great
Hammerheads. There are also plenty of Bull sharks
and Lemons sharks too! If you have a extra days
before or after the boat trip, you may like to visit some
other interesting shore side destinations, such as
Alligators in the
Everglades and Manatees in the inland
waterways.
We have 4 trips to choose from and these are all
prime dates. Space is very limited. (10 divers max)
- December 12-20 2007 (9 days) $3099
- January 2-9 2008 (8 days) $2799
- January 12-18 (7 days) $2499
- March 1-7 2008 (7 days) $2499
These trips are for experienced divers only
Prices do not include optional land excursions
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Come meet us, we will be at the SCUBA Show
held at the Long Beach Convention Center on June
2nd & 3rd.
Come and check out our x-large exhibit. We will have
our one of a kind "Submersible Cage" that we use
at all of our Guadalupe Island trips. Come get inside
the cage and imagine the sharks circling above,
below and all around you. Our team will be on hand to
answer all your questions making this a perfect
opportunity to come and meet us in person. If you
cannot meet us in person, listen to us. This Saturday,
May 7th we will be on Scuba Radio, the world's first
radio show devoted to diving. We will be talking about
sharks and our expeditions to see these amazing
animals. Listen live over the internet, on Sirius
channel #122 or subscribe to the podcast!
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The Giant Manta Rays of
Revillagegidos
Trip Report |
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I just got back from an awesome trip on the
Solmar to the Revillagegidos. After a short stay in
Cabo San
Lucas I departed on April 20th and just got back last
Saturday! I am still working on the videos. They will be
up on the new site very soon. We will be heading back
there next April. If you ever wanted a chance to dive
with Sharks, Mantas and Humpbacks this is a
MUST DO
trip!
Lawrence Groth CEO
The Revillagigedos archipelago is
located
approximately 270 miles south of Cabo San Lucas,
Mexico. It is often referred to as the Mexican
Galapagos. The main island called Socorro is usually
the name most people identify with the
Revillagigedos .
It is a tough name for most non Spanish speaking
gringos, but when properly pronounced it sounds
like "Re-via-hee-hay-dohs". In my opinion the
Revillagigedos is the best location in the world to dive
with Giant Manta Rays. 
The Manta Ray is one of if not the most graceful
creature in the sea. The Manta Ray can also grow
quite large with wingspans reaching over 20 feet. The
Manta Rays also have the largest brain of all fish
species. 
They are very social
creatures and seem to
actually enjoy interacting with divers. Being a plankton
feeder the Manta ray is absolutely harmless to
humans and also has no real predators other than
man.
Isla San Benedicto is a volcanic island with its
most recent
eruption occurring in 1952. . We encountered
hammerheads, tiger shark, white tip reef sharks,
dolphin, and multiple Mantas on nearly every dive.
This can also be a great spot to encounter whale
sharks.
Roca Partida (Parted Rock) is
not so much of an
island and rather just a big rock in the middle of
nowhere. This unique dive site has everything. You
can see Hammerheads, Dolphin, Manta Ray, several
species of sharks and even Humpback Whales!
The marine life here is so abundant that you can do 8
dives in 2 days and see different animal action on
each dive. You can see dolphin and hammerhead
sharks on one dive and then see Mantas and
Humpbacks on the next. You never know what you are
going to get. You just know it is going to be good!
Isla Socorro is the largest island in the
Revillagigedos. Isla Socorro is most famous for its
Humpback
whales. During whale season November to April there
is a very large population of Humpbacks here.
The Mexican navy has a rather
prominent base on the island and all vessels visiting
the islands must stop and check in to show permits
and register. This can take an hour or two and
shortens one dive day but it is just one of the ways the
islands stay protected and Mexico keeps tabs on who
is there and what they are doing. The Revillagigedos
is a marine reserve and fishing both commercial and
sport has been banned there for about 5 years now.
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