GUADALUPE ISLAND, HOME OF THE GREAT WHITE SHARK! (Mexico, Nautilus Belle-Amie)

Guadalupe Island, Mexico is a small volcanic island located in the Pacific about 165 miles (260 km) off the west coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and the boat journey time to the island is 18 to 20 hours. Guadalupe Island has the best Great White Shark diving anywhere in the world with 100+ foot visibility and experienced dive leaders.

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Sharks are much older than dinosaurs. Their ancestry dates back more than 400 million years, and they are one of evolution’s greatest success stories. These animals are uniquely adapted to their ocean environment with six highly refined senses of smell, hearing, touch, taste, sight, and even electromagnetism. As the top predators in the ocean, great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) face only one real threat to their survival: US.

The assaults are many. By-catch: the accidental killing of sharks by fishermen's longlines and trawlers. Illegal poaching: selling shark fins for soup. Illegal hunting: sports fishing for shark jaws as trophies. Nets: placed along coastlines to keep sharks away from beaches. Pollution: toxins and heavy metals that build up in the shark's body. In some areas great white populations have plummeted by over 70%. If not stopped, it could lead to the extinction of this ancient species.

ONLY 3500 GREAT WHITE SHARKS LEFT WORLDWIDE. An estimated 100 million sharks are killed every year with fins from up to 73 million used for shark fin soup, primarily to supply the market in Mainland China. A pair of shark fins can sell for as much as US$700 per kg in Asia.