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| Shredder with his namesake fin, photo by Sarah Fuller |
When we arrived back from the Bahamas and ten days of filming sharks we had to "wade through" an email box filled with white shark trip reports and emails like this one from Michelle M.
Michelle joined us this fall all the way from Trinidad and was one of the most enthusiastic shark people I had the pleasure of speaking with last year on the phone.
Congratulations to Michelle our latest Shark Diver and her face time with Shredder, Isla Guadalupe's most famous resident:
Hi Patric,
OK... I know it's taken me a while, but better late than never right? :)
When I booked my trip with Shark Diver last August, I had a whole
year to read all the blogs and trip reports and whatever else I could
find about the sharks at Guadalupe. I thought I had an idea of what it
would be like and what to expect, but having finally made it out there
in September, I can honestly say that the experience was so much better
than I could have possibly imagined!
Once you've been out there, you
know you're going to go back!
The whole trip was amazing, but I think the highlight for me was
definitely the second day of diving. Anyone heading out to Guadalupe,
would have heard about Shredder. Everybody knows how he got his name.
Having him show up on day two was just awesome!
It's almost as though
he knows we came out there to see him and he does not disappoint. He
takes his time cruising past the cages and I was just mesmerized by
him. Here is this massive 16 foot great white just a few feet away from
the cage, and he is looking at me, straight in the eye! The first time
he makes eye contact it's like wow, really?? But then he does it again
and again, and it's unbelievable!
So day two had gotten off to a
great start, but it got even better, when a few hours later, we had a
juvenile get a little frisky with our cage. Seeing a great white that
close to the cage, mouth open, ready to have a go, was priceless! I
could not have asked for more! Of course Martin and the rest of the guys
are on deck, keeping an eye on the sharks and he had to give it a
little nudge away from the cage but what a fantastic experience!
Every single crew member went out of their way to make me feel at home and comfortable and they made sure I enjoyed my vacation. They really looked after me for the entire time I was on board! I wouldn't want to go out there with anyone else!
So thanks again for everything, Shark Diver and the Horizon made this my best vacation ever. I may have been the first Trini to make it out to Guadalupe, but I am pretty sure I won't be the last!
Cheers,
Michelle
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Mahatma Gandhi
