anybody want to join me on a great white dive?

NY PJ1

thats right kids,,helen has experienced this in south africa and as u can read she agrees

i would love to do that trip to see the feeding and breaching

but the tropical water and warm sun of guadalupe appeals to me more

Heineken Helen

NY PJ1 wrote:

thats right kids,,helen has experienced this in south africa and as u can read she agrees

i would love to do that trip to see the feeding and breaching

but the tropical water and warm sun of guadalupe appeals to me more

Yep it really is amazing... there are trips you can do, if you pay enough, where you can work with them in catching and tagging the great whites and if they think you're competent enough, you can swim with them :eek: . Can you imagine how intense that would be? :eek:

Visibility was only a couple of yards when I was there but that's cos it may have been the wrong time of the year... it was autumn and raining and windy, but apparently visibility is much better at other times of the year.

NY PJ1

Heineken Helen wrote:

Yep it really is amazing... there are trips you can do, if you pay enough, where you can work with them in catching and tagging the great whites and if they think you're competent enough, you can swim with them :eek: . Can you imagine how intense that would be? :eek:

Visibility was only a couple of yards when I was there but that's cos it may have been the wrong time of the year... it was autumn and raining and windy, but apparently visibility is much better at other times of the year.

that tagging and free swimming with them is awesome
i would love that

now imaging being in the cage and and having visibility as far as the eye can see !!! pretty cool

Heineken Helen

NY PJ1 wrote:

that tagging and free swimming with them is awesome
i would love that

now imaging being in the cage and and having visibility as far as the eye can see !!! pretty cool

Of course it would be pretty cool but the lack of visibility didn't take anything away from the experience at ALL. If you're gonna see great whites for the first time, I don't think location and surroundings or anything else combine to make it even better or worse for that matter... it's still gonna be one of the best things you ever do

NY PJ1

Heineken Helen wrote:

Of course it would be pretty cool but the lack of visibility didn't take anything away from the experience at ALL. If you're gonna see great whites for the first time, I don't think location and surroundings or anything else combine to make it even better or worse for that matter... it's still gonna be one of the best things you ever do

cant argue w/ that



cmon kiddies come and join the fun

dont waste ur lives away on a message board lol j/k

Earthgirl

ill go and be the beer tub/dj girl.

harmless_little_f***

dunkman wrote:

this thread title is racist!!!

You should have seen his last one. 'Anyone want to join me on a great white supremacy campaign?'

NY PJ1

Earthgirl wrote:

ill go and be the beer tub/dj girl.

thats at night,,, in the day u would be diving w/ me ,, ur an adventure seeker this is right up ur alley

speaking of dj

i forgot to mention they have this amazing underwater sound system so u have an ipod hooked up on board and u can hear the music clear as day under the water quite amazing
chili peppers and pj blasting it was wild

josevolution

NY PJ1 wrote:

next year either october or november iam looking to book the whole boat with just friends
it leaves from san diego and 22 hours later u wind up off guadalupe island,,home to the largest concentration of great whites in the world
crystal clear water beautiful weather and great whites for 7 days (2 days travel)
cost is approx $1500-$2000

plenty of time to think about it ,,i assure u it will be one of the best experiences in ur life (p.s. beers and booze after diving each day,,not during the day) also 3 meals a day (prepared by a chef on board) included in the price as well as all the beer u want ,,booze must be brought aboard
also great tuna fishing off the boat

thanx to even flow for reminding me of this earlier this morning

yeah i would love to do that i will put it in the wife's mind tonight as to start making plans ...

NY PJ1

josevolution wrote:

yeah i would love to do that i will put it in the wife's mind tonight as to start making plans ...

put ur foot down

drtyfrnk29

I'll bring the dynamite

NY PJ1

drtyfrnk29 wrote:

I'll bring the dynamite

i dont know why u would want to blow us up, but ok

josevolution

NY PJ1 wrote:

put ur foot down

i won't have to she is a total adventurer this will be easy, i've allways wanted to do that but with people from here it will be a blast ....i'm down ..

drtyfrnk29

NY PJ1 wrote:

i dont know why u would want to blow us up, but ok

I was just seeing what kind of reaction that would get. Honestly, as fascinated as I am with those creatures, I'm just gonna respect their place and mine. I think of it like this. If I get home, and there's a Great White sitting on my couch, reading my mail, I'm gonna be upset. I just stay off the Great White's couch.

NY PJ1

drtyfrnk29 wrote:

I was just seeing what kind of reaction that would get. Honestly, as fascinated as I am with those creatures, I'm just gonna respect their place and mine. I think of it like this. If I get home, and there's a Great White sitting on my couch, reading my mail, I'm gonna be upset. I just stay off the Great White's couch.

this is why i dont consider incidents "attacks"

and read my sig. its the truth
once they're gone our air supply is gone and we is dead

Riverrunner

I love this sort of stuff, but it has been years since I have been diving. I have all of the equipment, but it is going on 20 years old now. I haven't had my regulator services, but I think I have kept my tank certification (or whatever it is) up to date.

HOWEVER, I could never do a long boat trip. I would be throwing up the entire time, or so drugged to keep from throwing up that it wouldn't be fun. I was on a dive trip off of the coast of Cozumel many years ago and got sick on the short boat trip there. I went down and got sicker and got even sicker as I was coming up. Then I threw up as I reached the surface. I threw up in the Caribbean - lucky there wasn't any sharks around. They probably would have liked it as well as chum!

I can see me barfing in the shark cage (and in my regulator since I would be under water). I guess the puke would be coming out the regulator and the sharks would be waiting patiently for their little snackie???

Hah - this really gross - sorry.

NY PJ1

Riverrunner wrote:

I love this sort of stuff, but it has been years since I have been diving. I have all of the equipment, but it is going on 20 years old now. I haven't had my regulator services, but I think I have kept my tank certification (or whatever it is) up to date.

HOWEVER, I could never do a long boat trip. I would be throwing up the entire time, or so drugged to keep from throwing up that it wouldn't be fun. I was on a dive trip off of the coast of Cozumel many years ago and got sick on the short boat trip there. I went down and got sicker and got even sicker as I was coming up. Then I threw up as I reached the surface. I threw up in the Caribbean - lucky there wasn't any sharks around. They probably would have liked it as well as chum!

I can see me barfing in the shark cage (and in my regulator since I would be under water). I guess the puke would be coming out the regulator and the sharks would be waiting patiently for their little snackie???

Hah - this really gross - sorry.

wooo lol that could be a problem lol

another good thing with this trip is that u dont have to be certified because the air is left on board,,u do use a regulator but the air is on board
plus ur only 10 ft down

that cozumel is a great place to dive,,sorry u threw up the whole time

Riverrunner

NY PJ1 wrote:

another good thing with this trip is that u dont have to be certified because the air is left on board,,u do use a regulator but the air is on board plus ur only 10 ft down

I wondered about the certification. They get a lot more business if no certification required. I wonder how many people panic once they get in the cage and underwater. I'm sure some people are nervous about being underwater and using the regulator for the first time, plus a little claustrophobia being in the cage, and then with great whites swimming all around...... ha...... I wonder what happens if people panic. Is there a panic button?

Heineken Helen

Riverrunner wrote:

I wondered about the certification. They get a lot more business if no certification required. I wonder how many people panic once they get in the cage and underwater. I'm sure some people are nervous about being underwater and using the regulator for the first time, plus a little claustrophobia being in the cage, and then with great whites swimming all around...... ha...... I wonder what happens if people panic. Is there a panic button?

Yep, the bottom of the cage slides open so you can just sink out

Riverrunner

Heineken Helen wrote:

Yep, the bottom of the cage slides open so you can just sink out

Into the welcoming arms..... I mean mouth.... of JAWS.