UW Photo Shark Trips

UW Photo Shark Trips

23-28 October 2009 – Guadalupe Island, Mexico – Great White Shark Adventure Photo Workshop

Join ace underwater photographers Andy Sallmon and Mark Strickland for loads of fun and adventure as we ply the waters of Guadalupe Island, Mexico to photograph the great white shark Carcharodon carcharias. This expedition starts in San Diego, California where we are met by staff and crew of the luxury live aboard Nautilus Explorer. www.nautilusexplorer.com. From there we transfer to Ensenada, Mexico by chartered motor coach and check-in and board the Nautilus Explorer for 5 fun-filled exciting days at sea. It takes one day to get to Guadalupe and one day to return so we will have 3 full days of diving with the sharks. All dives will be conducted from shark cages, including two submersible cages that descend with 2 divers each to 40′ so that you can experience the sharks in deeper water with an unobstructed 360°view. The 116′ x 27′ all steel hulled Nautilus was purpose built for diving by it’s owner and Master, Mike Lever. She’s big as dive boats go and also sports a huge comfy salon area with plasma screen TV, a wet bar with over 30 micro-brews and as many fine wines. There’s also a large hot tub on the upper deck big enough for 8 people and the hostess and crew will be happy to bring you a margarita while you enjoy the jacuzzi jets. You can travel light too…… 7mm full wetsuits and masks are all that’s required for gear as we will dive in the cages with surface supplied regulators. Now how’s that for an adventure vacation! Veteran trip leaders Mark Strickland and Andy Sallmon will be the group leaders and will be giving nightly underwater photographic seminars to help everyone get the best images possible. Please join us on this once in a lifetime trip.

Airfare and transfers from San Diego airport to meeting point not included. Bar tab not included. Fun is included! Only $2850

24- 30 April 2010 – N. Bahamas and Tiger Beach – Tiger and Great Hammerhead Shark Photo Trip

Here’s an invitation to join me on a very special trip for underwater photographers interested in shark images.

I have just one spot left for a tiger and great hammerhead shark photo trip 24-30 April 2010 to Tiger Beach and the outer reefs along the Little Bahama Banks. Cost is only $2850 and includes diving for tiger, great hammerhead, lemon, and Caribbean reef sharks for 5 days. We will spend 7 nights aboard the boat with all food and beverages, tanks, air fills and weights supplied. Nitrox is $100 for the trip if you want it. The boat departs and returns to West Palm Beach, Florida which is pretty easy to get a flight in and out of and only a 20 minute taxi ride from the airport to the boat. This trip is designed for underwater photographers and videographers interested in real close-up shark action. There are no cages and you will be in the water with several large predatory sharks baited in to close range of your camera. This is some of the most exciting, intense and rewarding diving you will ever do. You will come away with a whole new appreciation for sharks and hopefully lot’s of great images and video.

We will also spend some time taking images of tiger and lemon sharks topside with telephoto lenses and trying to get bite shots with pole cam rigs. Please inquire about polecam setup for your underwater camera.

Tiger Beach is located about 25 miles North of Grand Bahama Island near the western side of the Little Bahama Banks. Thousands of divers have visited this wild place and gotten to witness these animals first hand.

Underwater Photographer Andrew Sallmon www.seait.com is the group leader for this exclusive trip. He is a dive Instructor and has over 30 years and 8000 dives in his career. Andy has been working as a full-time professional underwater photographer for the past 10 years and has been on this same trip 17 times. The dive boat Shear Water owned and operated by Jim Abernethy and captained and crewed by Jim Abernethy’s Scuba Adventures divemasters has been operating in the Bahamian waters for the past 15 years and taking divers to Tiger Beach and beyond for the past 10 years. Jim and his skilled crew are some of the most experienced shark operators in the world and have an excellent record for finding and getting divers in the water safely with large predatory sharks. See www.scuba-adventures.com

Only $2850. Airfare and transfers not included. Nitrox additional $100