Scuba Travel - Explosive Growth - California Great White Sharks
San Diego shark diving fleet faces unprecedented growth in White Shark Eco-Tourism.
San Diego, CA, January 26, 2007 --(PR.com)-- With divers seeking Great White shark encounters in far away places like South Africa, the US dive industry has been surprised at the meteoric rise of the newest White Shark site at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico.
Greg Grivetto, owner of Horizon Charters, has never seen anything like this. “In the past 27 years of taking divers into the waters of California and Mexico this kind of overwhelming interest in any single dive site is extremely rare. What we’re seeing is the public’s desire for real adventure while learning about these magnificent sharks.”
Worldwide interest in shark diving adventures has increased dramatically but it is the apex predator sites such as Isla Guadalupe that are growing the fastest. In the past five years departures from San Diego have increased 400% with San Diego’s easy access for divers fueling the demand. Today this has become a 2.8 million dollar industry.
“Our company is well situated to meet this demand,” says Patric Douglas, CEO of Shark Diver. “Once we had an idea of how fast this site was growing, the next step for us was to look for the vessels with the most experience operating here to offer to our divers. The result has been the San Diego Shark Diver Fleet.”
Shark Diver, www.sharkdiver.com, books divers into four of the top vessels operating out of San Diego and has become the largest purveyor of shark diving adventures in the USA. “It’s all about access,” says Douglas. “Divers and non divers like the fact they now have choices when deciding on a 5 day Great White shark expedition. We can get them on vessels departing at different times during the week. Our divers know that we have already done all the homework for them by choosing operations that set the standard for Great White encounters.”
Vessels MV Horizon, MV Ocean Odyssey, MV Islander and MV Nautilus Explorer have over 14 years of combined Great White shark experience and have been the subject of numerous magazine articles and documentaries.
For more information visit www.sharkdiver.com call 1-888-405-3268
About Isla Guadalupe
Located 210 miles into the blue Pacific, this site is a forbidding collection of ancient volcanic cinder cones and mountains. It is home to several varieties of rare sea birds, seals and the Pacific’s largest seasonal population of Great White sharks from late August through November. Recently declared a Bio-Sphere reserve, the Mexican government is working at developing this site into a world class shark diving destination.
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Greg Grivetto, owner of Horizon Charters, has never seen anything like this. “In the past 27 years of taking divers into the waters of California and Mexico this kind of overwhelming interest in any single dive site is extremely rare. What we’re seeing is the public’s desire for real adventure while learning about these magnificent sharks.”
Worldwide interest in shark diving adventures has increased dramatically but it is the apex predator sites such as Isla Guadalupe that are growing the fastest. In the past five years departures from San Diego have increased 400% with San Diego’s easy access for divers fueling the demand. Today this has become a 2.8 million dollar industry.
“Our company is well situated to meet this demand,” says Patric Douglas, CEO of Shark Diver. “Once we had an idea of how fast this site was growing, the next step for us was to look for the vessels with the most experience operating here to offer to our divers. The result has been the San Diego Shark Diver Fleet.”
Shark Diver, www.sharkdiver.com, books divers into four of the top vessels operating out of San Diego and has become the largest purveyor of shark diving adventures in the USA. “It’s all about access,” says Douglas. “Divers and non divers like the fact they now have choices when deciding on a 5 day Great White shark expedition. We can get them on vessels departing at different times during the week. Our divers know that we have already done all the homework for them by choosing operations that set the standard for Great White encounters.”
Vessels MV Horizon, MV Ocean Odyssey, MV Islander and MV Nautilus Explorer have over 14 years of combined Great White shark experience and have been the subject of numerous magazine articles and documentaries.
For more information visit www.sharkdiver.com call 1-888-405-3268
About Isla Guadalupe
Located 210 miles into the blue Pacific, this site is a forbidding collection of ancient volcanic cinder cones and mountains. It is home to several varieties of rare sea birds, seals and the Pacific’s largest seasonal population of Great White sharks from late August through November. Recently declared a Bio-Sphere reserve, the Mexican government is working at developing this site into a world class shark diving destination.
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415.235.9410
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