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  Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Isla Guadalupe Photos, Phillip Colla Photography
Guadalupe Island lies 150 miles offshore of the Pacific coast of Mexico, roughly south of San Diego and WNW of Punta Eugenia on the Baja California peninsula.
Guadalupe is bathed by oceanic currents, so its marine life includes pelagic animals such as pilot whales, Cuvier's beaked whales, oceanic whitetip sharks, bluefin and yellowfin tuna and strange gelatinous zooplankton.
In fact, Guadalupe is a both a Mexican nature preserve (dedicated in1925) and a pinniped sanctuary (1975), and was the last refuge for the Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) and the Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi).
www.gygis.com /guadalupe_island.html   (798 words)

  
 Great White Adventures - Isla Guadalupe
Isla Guadalupe is rapidly becoming the World's Best Destination to dive with Great White Sharks.
What makes Isla Guadalupe the greatest White Shark diving destination is not only the abundance of White Sharks, but the water you will find them in!
Guadalupe has long been known as a world-class sportfishing destination, famous for large Yellow Fin and Blue Fin Tuna and many other prized gamefish.
www.greatwhiteadventures.com /guadalupe.html   (426 words)

  
  Pacific Ocean - Isla de Guadalupe
The island of Guadalupe (Isla de Guadalupe) lies in the eastern Pacific, located 261 km southwest of Mexico's Cabo San Quintin on the Baja California peninsula (see panoramic image).
Guadalupe has a rugged landscape, being composed of two ancient overlapping shield volcanoes — with the northern volcano being the younger of the two.
Guadalupe was once hailed as an area of important biological diversity with numerous endemic plant and animal communities.
www.oceandots.com /pacific/guadalupe   (366 words)

  
 'SCUBA SITES' a webpage for divers
Guadalupe has long been known as a prime fishing destination for big tuna and other prized game fish.
Some say that the remote location of Isla de Guadalupe was the only reason that these species were not hunted into extinction long ago.
Isla de Guadalupe boasts one of the world’s most impressive populations of Great White Sharks.
homepage.ntlworld.com /cumber_internet/divelocations/guadalupe.html   (279 words)

  
 Isla Guadalupe, Mexico
Isla Afuera, a few miles off the south end of Isla Guadalupe, is a volcanic plug.
Isla Adentro ("inner island") is near the south end of Isla Guadalupe and has two smaller islets near it: Church Rock and Roca del Skip.
Guadalupe Island is volcanic, with cinder cones dotting the island.
www.gygis.com /guadalupe_island_images.html   (458 words)

  
 Islander Shark Expeditions - Guadalupe Island
Guadalupe is both a Mexican nature preserve and a pinniped (seal) sanctuary, and was the last refuge for the Northern elephant seal and the Guadalupe fur seal.
Guadalupe Island had pine and Guadalupe cypress trees that condensed cloud moisture into fresh water springs and which supported a variety of plants along the top ridge of the island.
Guadalupe Island is an amazing place for many folks and critters, geologists, botanists, biologists, elephant seals, great white sharks...not to mention those goats that have done their part to help devastate the vegetation of the island.
www.dreamwirkz.com /islander/guadalupe.htm   (528 words)

  
 The Californias - Part 1
Isla de Guadalupe was our destination; this little island supports several colonies of these large pinnipeds.
We arrived at Guadalupe about 1:30 PM on Tuesday and made a quick survey of the areas where the elephant seals are known to haul out.
Guadalupe Island is unlike most of the islands that sit along the coast of southern California from Point Conception southward in that it is volcanic in origin.
www.1570films.com /guadalupe.htm   (3899 words)

  
 eco-batalla
Algunos lobos finos de Guadalupe se han visto con redes en sus cuellos y es posible que alguna porción de su población sucumba ante los impactos por redes de deriva y agalleras; aún no hay suficientes datos que permitan determinar si esta mortandad afecta significativamente a la población.
Después del análisis del adn mitocondrial efectuado a individuos de la isla de Guadalupe, se encontró que esta especie tiene una gran variabilidad genética, contrario a lo esperado debido al cuello de botella por el cual pasó la población al ser reducida tan drásticamente.
Las hembras comienzan a arribar a los territorios de apareamiento y reproducción a principios de junio y después de unos cuantos días dan a luz a una sola cría que pesa 5.6 kilogramos.
www.jornada.unam.mx /2000/07/10/eco-batalla.html   (913 words)

  
 SDNHM BRCC Expeditions: Isla Guadalupe
Scientists from the Museum's Biodiversity Research Center of the Californias embarked on a binational multidisciplinary expedition to Isla Guadalupe, off the coast of Baja California, on 3 June 2000.
The major purpose of this project is to survey and assess the current status of the island's flora and fauna, which have been severely disturbed by introduced non-native goats, dogs, cats, and rodents.
By landing a helicopter on the previously unexplored sheer-rock islet off the southern coast, Islote Adentro, the researchers will be able to compare pristine, undisturbed conditions with those of the main island.
www.sdnhm.org /research/guadalupe   (281 words)

  
 Monterey County - Aumentos Reef - Scuba Dive Spot
Guadalupe is a single large island and several small islands located offshore of Mexico and a day's steam south of San Diego.
There is a large colony of Guadalupe fur seals here and the photo opportunities, both above and below the water, were outstanding.
The small caves in the rocky walls were filled with Guadalupe cardinalfish, and yes, the cove had many scythe butterflyfish.
www.saintbrendan.com /cdnjune/mexico6.html   (862 words)

  
 North American Mammals: Arctocephalus townsendi
The history of the Guadalupe fur seal during the past century is well documented.
The seals were nearly extinguished by hunters seeking their dense, luxurious underfur in the 1800s.
In the 1890s, the United States sent a scientist to Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico, to assess the situation.
www.mnh2.si.edu /education/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=13   (152 words)

  
 Guadalupe Island Spearfishing World Record, Photo, Photos
The fellows who freedive at Isla Guadalupe (Mexico) in search of giant fish are some of the most skilled and intrepid hunters in the world.
This notion is especially true at Guadalupe Island, a haven to great white sharks at which several divers have been attacked, some fatally, in the past.
Guadalupe Island, like other Eastern Pacific islands, is a fine place in the world to spear large yellowfin tuna.
www.oceanlight.com /log/2005/01/31/guadalupe-island-spearfishing-world-record.html   (669 words)

  
 Shark Diving Guadalupe - Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico - BootsnAll.com
Isla de Guadalupe is a wild, harsh, notorious place.
The island is located 200 miles southwest of San Diego and is a scenic and forbidding collection of cinder cones, ridges and dramatic offshore rocks.
Isla de Guadalupe is the last pristine hold-out for Pacific Great White, it's discovery and relative ease in which divers can view these animals in 100ft visibility will change the common notion these amazing creatures primarily live in South African or Australian waters.
www.bootsnall.com /travelstories/na/may02shark.shtml   (848 words)

  
 More on the Guadalupe Fur Seals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Guadalupe fur seals breed on Isla de Guadalupe and Isla Benito del Este off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.
Guadalupe fur seals are sighted as far south as the Mexico / Guatemala border, and as far north as the Point Reyes National Seashore in California.
The Guadalupe fur seal is the rarest of the fur seals.
nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /education/Pinnipeds/guadalupefs2.htm   (382 words)

  
 Arctocephalus townsendi, Guadalupe Fur Seal at MarineBio.org
The Guadalupe fur seal population is recovering from exploitation, and is estimated at approximately 7,000 individuals.
Guadalupe fur seals were nearly extinct in the late 1700s and early 1800s due to commercial hunting.
The Isla de Guadalupe is now a pinniped sanctuary, and the Guadalupe fur seal is fully protected by the government of Mexico.
marinebio.org /species.asp?id=301   (964 words)

  
 Guadalupe Shark Diving, Great White Shark Diving, Cage Diving, Guadalupe Island, Isla de Guadalupe Mexico, Prison ...
Guadalupe Diving Schedule and Reservation - All trips require reservations and can be made by contacting us through our online form to check availability.
Guadalupe Island is designated a biosphere reserve and has been a nature conservancy area since August 16, 1928, making it one of the oldest reserves in Mexico.
Some pasted the time reading, others napped on the sundeck, and a few decided to hang out on the stern watching sea birds and observe the scores of Guadalupe Sea Lions and Elephant seals along the beaches – many youngsters can be seen swimming in the shallows, while others cried out along the breakwater.
www.ecophotoexplorers.com /GreatWhite_05Fnotes.asp   (3383 words)

  
 Guadalupe
Guadalupe fue llamada por los Caribes, la isla de hermosas aguas: Karukera.
La isla de Basse-Terre, donde se ubica la capital administrativa del estado, es la más montañosa y presenta la mayor altura del archipiélago, el volcán de La Soufrière (1.467 m), aún activo.
Estas islas fueron descubiertas por Cristóbal Colón en 1493.
www.redcaribe.com /Guadalupe   (353 words)

  
 Diving with Isla Gaudalupe's Great Whites on Wetdawg.com
Guadalupe is a forbidding collection of ancient volcanic cinder cones, dramatic offshore rocks and high mountain ridges etched against blue cloudless skies.
Isla Guadalupe remains one of the best adventures I have done in a long time.
Isla de Guadalupe is the last pristine hold out for Pacific great whites.
www.wetdawg.com /pages/greatwhite.html   (1153 words)

  
 General information about Isla Mujeres Mexico
Isla Mujeres, the Island of Women, where time passes slowly and your dream vacation becomes a reality.
Located just eight miles across the Bahia de Mujeres (Bay of Women) from Cancun, Isla Mujeres is only 5 miles long and half a mile wide with a downtown area of just four by six blocks.
Isla Mujeres is a fishing village and though it is now discovered by tourists it still retains it's charm and tranquil atmosphere.
www.isla-mujeres.net /generalinfo.htm   (1186 words)

  
 Guadalupe Island Conservation Fund :: Providing contributions towards Great White Shark and Biosphere protection
The Guadalupe Island Conservation Fund was established in early 2007 by the members of the scuba diving and eco-community to support and raise money to help the Government of Mexico protect the endangered shark population of Isla Guadalupe and to channel money from growing white shark tourism into local conservation-related projects on the island.
The Guadalupe Island Conservation Fund is actively supported by a concerned group of dive operators and their clients who make Isla Guadalupe their seasonal home.
The funds will be used to assist the park staff and park rangers to protect the area as well as to conduct important research that will help us better understand the majestic and mysterious white sharks and other native species of Isla Guadalupe.
www.guadalupefund.org   (565 words)

  
 The Aquatic Network - Diving with Great White Sharks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
March 21, 2006, San Francisco, California - The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS), is proud to present a very special seminar, "Diving with the Great White Sharks of Isla de Guadalupe," a 60-minute presentation about cage diving with the Great White Sharks of Isla de Guadalupe, 160-miles off the Pacific coast of Baja, Mexico.
Isla de Guadalupe is rapidly becoming the World's Best Destination to dive with Great White Sharks.
The cage diving at Guadalupe is bar none the greatest on the planet, with up to 100 feet+ of visibility.
www.aquanet.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=695&Itemid=2   (448 words)

  
 Great White Shark Cage Diving, Isla Guadalupe, Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Your inner voice changes subtly from American to French “Maitre De” and says “see zeh magnificent greaht white, its silky flanks glimmering in zeh suhn, mahnkind is here for but a moment of zeh animals lifetime, we are but interlopers in the predators day”.
Isla Guadalupe remains one of the best adventures I have done in a long time, memories of great whites, and new friends are still fresh months later.
Isla de Guadalupe is the last pristine hold out for pacific Great Whites, it's discovery and relative ease in which divers can view these animals in 100ft visibility is changing the common notion that divers can find them primarily in South African or Australian waters.
www.diveatlas.com /travel/mexico29.asp   (1200 words)

  
 Shark Diver Guadalupe - White Sharks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Our vessel The Islander is a state of the art 86-foot by 25 foot long range diving and tuna fishing boat, which makes her the most spacious cage diving and sport fishing vessel in her class.
The cage diving at Guadalupe is bar none the greatest on the planet, with up to 100ft+ of visibility.
Complete with TV and VCR/DVD, and internet access, the salon is an excellent place to wind down after a day of incredible shark diving or while en route to Isla Guadalupe.
www.sharkbookings.com /isla-guadalupe-exp.html   (1160 words)

  
 Isla Guadalupe gets Recompression Chamber - Northwest Dive News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
From January to June, approximately 16 divers live on Mexico’s Isla Guadalupe with their families and harvest abalone in the white-shark filled waters.
In five years, Groth and his crew formed a bond with the Abulon Cooperativa divers on Isla Guadalupe, delivering Christmas gifts to their children.
The Mexican Navy will transport Groth’s gift from Ensenada to Isla Guadalupe, install it, build a blockhouse for it with compressors and train the divers how to use it.
www.nwdivenews.com /?q=node/362   (353 words)

  
 Horizon Charters San Diego: Guadalupe Island 6-day Scuba Adventure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Get up early so that you'll be able to take in the first spectacular views of Isla Guadalupe as we approach from the north.
A night dive at Guadalupe is not to be missed as long as you have the energy.
Clouds of Guadalupe cardinalfish, free swimming moray eels, lobster, horned sharks and octopi are in abundance during the night dives.
www.horizoncharters.com /destinations_info/Itineraries/guadalupe_6_day_scuba_itinerary.htm   (1026 words)

  
 Endangered Species Bulletin
The Guadalupe Fur Seal is similar in appearance to the northern fur seal but is a little lighter in color.
The Guadalupe Fur Seal is dark brown or dusky fl with a large head.
The reason the Guadalupe Fur Seal is "threatened" is because they were almost hunted to extinction during the late 1700's and the early 1800's.
www.ausd.k12.ca.us /dana/ghelmberger/endanger01/gfseal   (349 words)

  
 e-Marginalia :: Isla Guadalupe: Mexico’s Great White Sharks :: Patric Douglas
Arrival to Guadalupe is always exciting for our divers and crew.
Guadalupe is that kind of wild “off the beaten track” kind of place, 210 miles from nowhere located in deep blue waters of the Pacific.
Even so, having a shark like Shredder with his scarred face and milky eye run his pectoral fins along the cage bars like a school kid on the neighbors fence is a bit unnerving even to the most dedicated shark diver.
www.e-margaux.com /en/story/mexico-great-white-shark/index.htm   (780 words)

  
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 Isla de Guadalupe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Our five to seven day Great White Adventures to Isla de Guadalupe are available August through December.
Isla de Guadalupe hosts one of the most prolific populations of White Sharks on the planet.
Guadalupe has long been known as a world-class sportfishing destination.
www.savm.org /isla_de_guadalupe.htm   (425 words)

  
 Wetpixel Great White Shark Expedition to Guadalupe 2006 :: Wetpixel.com
I've been to Guadalupe twice, and both times, we had white sharks around the boat within 30 minutes of arriving.
Guadalupe is getting crowded, with up to 6 dive boats there at a time from September through the end of November.
The reason no other boats go to Guadalupe in August is that most boats in the area booked for tuna fishing season and are not available for white shark charters until September.
wetpixel.com /i.php/full/wetpixel-great-white-shark-expedition-2006   (676 words)

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