At the beginning of August this can be till 8:00pm. Evenings can get windy so always bring a jacket on this trip.Īnother factor is daylight, we usually cage dive starting at 7am and go till sunset. Once at Guadalupe, it is normally calm as the island and the area we cage dive provides a nice calm bay. I always recommend some kind of sea sickness medication for each person. The crossings from Ensenada to Guadalupe Island are 160 miles of open ocean, this can be very smooth to very rough and does not matter if it is July or December or anytime in between. ![]() Very few tropical storms make it this far North and even fewer storms from Alaska make it this far south, leaving Guadalupe calm around the island where we dive. Researchers / film crews go during this time so that they we be out of sight and out of mind of the general public and vessels trying to get one last trip in will reduce costs to last minute film crews.įall hurricane season typically starts in September, while seldom does this effect Guadalupe it has been known to delay a few trips over the last decade. December most vessels have departed for calmer waters or have stopped operating for the season. Now days some vessels have found it easier to sell July Guadalupe shark trips than other destinations, so we see more trips now offered in July. The boats were either in dry dock being serviced or too busy fishing or diving. In the early days, our season was predicted not by the sharks, but by the vessel we used. I personally have been to Guadalupe many times in each month since in 2002. From the first trip in 2001 to present day 2020. It is always good as Guadalupe has a 100% success rate in which every trip ever, we have seen sharks. While seeing your first Great White is always a day to remember, there really are no bad trips and no wrong time to go. To see both male and female sharks at the same time. ![]() While each month has its advantages, there are also drawbacks to each month also, it is very much a give and take. Guadalupe shark diving season is July – December
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