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My wife and I took this trip as it looked like something unique: opportunity to see marine life in a protected sanctuary. The experience is really aimed for divers as the experience is to be in a shark cage in the water to see great white sharks. We came as "topside observers" which means that we stayed on the boat and did not go into the water. The boat leaves from Emeryville harbor (just north of Oakland) at 6:00 AM. It passes through San Francisco Bay and under the Goldengate Bridge. It is a nice view to witness sunrise on the Bay. Arrival at the Farallon Islands is at around 9:00 AM. On any of these eco-tourism activities, it is always hit-or-miss regarding what you may see. In our case, though the weather was clear and sunny, there were no sharks (even for the folks in the cage) and we only saw a grey whale in passing. Visibility in the water (so I was told) was very good and most of the divers said that they could even catch glimpses of the bottom 40-feet below. The scenary of the islands was stunning especially with no one else around but us.Food was available on board the boat: continental breakfast on the outbound trip, hot soup and sandwiches (build your own) for lunch, and cookies on the return. The crew was extremely knowledgable and friendly. All-in-all, while it was disappointing that we could not see any real marine life, except the sea lions on the rocks and jelly fish in the water, the trip was good. I knew the risks when I reserved the spot and accepted them. Everyone gets a $200 lifetime discount for returns so I would not be adverse to trying again (topside cost would drop from $375 to $175 per person).
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Well if so this is the adventure you! The scariest part was seeing the piece of carpet they were going to use to "lure" the sharks. I can honestly say that my blood ran cold from the realization that I the only chance I had of seeing a shark was looking at a book of sharks in the cabin.There is a difference between being a sore loser and a sucker. Sadly everyone who paid for this trip was suckered. Please do your homework, ask lots of pointed question regarding how they lure sharks and what they consider a sighting. Ask if they'll move the boat if nothing is happening. Remember this is your time and money. Sadly this company has no problem is wasting both of yours.
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Was on the SOLMAR V from Sept. 25th - 29th 2014 for Great White Shark Cage Diving. The crew was the best! Food was 5 star, Sleeping bunk as you would expect to find on a live aboard dive vessel.This was the trip of a lifetime! If you have the heart to view nature in all it's glory, this is the trip to take. I can not find one negative thing to say about my time on board. The shark viewing was awesome! I met some like minded folks whom also appeared to have thoroughly enjoyed themselves.The crew of the Solmar V are super safety focused and go above and beyond to ensure you have the time of your life.Put your fears away! GO!!
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As with most reviews of this organisation I have nothing positive to say. I was contacted 5 hours before my trip to tell me it was cancelled due to poor weather. At this point off went my $300+ dollars to the bottom the sea. The offer to re-book was made but living too far away this was not possible. The further kind offer to help me complete an insurance claim was also made....and that was the last I heard of them. No returned calls or emails nothing. I have made a formal complaint to:http://www.dca.ca.gov/consumer/complaints.shtml and so should you if you have been stung by these sharks. The Bay area has many great attractions and great people to spend your hard earned money on and sadly it is companies like these who ruin it for others. Stay away and spend your money with the good guys.
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TL:DR Just don't book this trip, there aren't enough ways to get sharks to the surface and you probably won't see a great white, much less a predation event. It's too much money to not have at least a 50% chance of seeing a great white. DEFINITELY don't travel to the Bay Area for this trip. You probably read the Devil's Teeth and got super stoked about seeing great whites right off the coast of San Francisco! It's true they're out there. When the book was written (and the author complained about tour boats) there were minimal regulations on how you draw sharks to the surface. I had a long talk with James, the one of the owners of Great White Adventures (there wasn't much else to do on the boat) and from what he said the regulatory environment has changed a lot. Which is probably good for the sharks, but terrible for tourists. Most notably tour boats can no longer drag a decoy across the water, they can let one "float" but as soon as the boat is moving the decoy has to be pulled up. Sharks aren't smart but they ain't that stupid and they know their prey moves. Also, the boat is restricted from getting too close to a shark and from what I could tell, they can't actively pursue them. Tour boats also can't get too close to researchers who are tagging sharks. Lastly, James said they used to chum (which I thought had always been illegal) but they can't do that anymore either. So when we set out in the morning of the dive, the staff said they see sharks about 80% of the time. When we returned unsuccessfully that number had gone down to 60%. My guess is that's a lifetime average and the reality of the last few years is that it's far below 50%. On the boat was a very sweet gal who was on her second trip out to the farallons, hoping to fulfill a lifelong dream of seeing a great white. Second time she was disappointed. There were also a few people that had flown in from across the country just for this trip. At least I'm local and didn't waste money on travel. While Great White Adventures is not entirely dishonest about their operation, and they put plenty of disclaimers up, they are holding back on the truth about how often they see sharks, and I think if customers knew, they would find it far less compelling to pay $800+ for a boat trip to a desolate, smelly rock with an outside chance of seeing a shark. Of course I could be wrong - if so I'd challenge the owners of Great White Adventures to publish a dive log on their site and publicly share how often they see sharks. But I'm not holding my breath. So if I haven't convinced you not to go, here's a few tips:Be prepared for cold, wet weather - bring more layers than you think you'll needIf possible, bring a drysuit. You're sitting in 51 degree water for 30-45 minutes at a time. Mostly looking at jellyfish. Visibility is about 20 feet Don't travel to SF just for this tripDon't go this trip. There are other options for seeing great whites that are a better use of money
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I want to start by saying this review is about the 5 day trip with GWA to Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. I believe it's the same group that books for the Bay Area (Farrallon) Trips. Anyone complaining about a 2 hour "choppy" boat ride, get over it! The trip to Isla Guadalupe was 20 hours of 8-10 ft gut wrenching swells! Everyone, including many of the staff, got sick either coming or going. BTW, that's 20 hours EACH WAY! The ride nowithstanding, the middle 3 days were amazing. Lots of big Great White Sharks, tons of time in either of the 2 surface cages or the one submersible cage. Warm, clear water, with GREAT visiblity. Everyone came home with tons of pictures and/or video of a number of GW Sharks. We even "discovered" 2 previously unknown (unrecorded?) GW Sharks and got to name them and add them to the registry. No, we didn't get to see 100's of sharks, but we had 10 or so that kept everyone entertained, all three days. As a friend said, this ain't Sea World, it's Mother Nature! 2 disappointments (and thus the less than excellent rating), I was surprised to learn that GWA doesn't operate these trips. They just act as a travel or booking agent to Charter with the boats there. Also, they promote that they will only have 16 "divers" on the trip, funny, but we had 20! 4 more doen't seem like much, but the boat was more crowded and there was less available cage time. A little disceptive in that regard. Overall, a very good trip that I would definitely recommend, it's pricey, but worth it.
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This trip is a joke: Lets see: - $800 pp - the 3 hour puke inducing ride out to Farralon (on a good day) - stories about all the sharks seen "yesterday", but none today - as many trips as you can stomach down into the no visibility, nothing to see, spin sycle of a washing machine, cage.You go into the tank just under boat level, there is nothing to see but blue, low visibility ocean and you get tossed around horribly in the cage. One of the ten divers on our trip lasted more than a round! Skip It!!!!!!!
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My husband and I went November 6 swells were at least 4-5 feet we actually had the following day booked as well eager to see two days worth of sharks but happy to know the 7th was cancelled due to "swells" . Where to begin with this horrible review . The boat ride Is 2 1/2 hours out to the farrallons . Extremely choppy waters one guy puked the entire 12 hours we were at sea . The crew takes you to two different locations that are "known" for shark sightings yeah ok ! Me and my husband urged the crew to move the boat around eager to find sharks why stay in the same spot for 4Hours if you see nothing but jellyfish ?!?? They refused . They claimed the day before they saw so many sharks here by the end of the day you can tell the gimic they are playing . My husband and I did 3 dives 20 mins each the water was soCold even with an 8 mill wetsuit and hood you feel it after 15 mins of just sitting in the cage waiting for absolutely nothing . The water was 5 feet visibility freeeeeeeeezzzzing cold and the highlight was the jellyfish . The best part of the trip was the hot tub you can go in afterYou get out of the cage but we didn't pay 2000 dollars for a hot tub in the middle of nowhere !!!!! To make things worst on the way back the crew had the audacity toPick up their crab buckets they threw out from the night before and I thought oh how nice they are going to make us a nice crab dinner on board NOOO it wasConvent for them to pick up theirDinner !! Well excuse me i didn't pay 2000 dollars to pay for fuel to pay for your crab fishing . So rude ! I truly wish I read the reviews before going ! If I could rate this trip 0 stars I would . Horrible scam !!!!!
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Do not touch this company. My husband turned up to find the dive had been cancelled. They did not telephone him to warn him beforehand. They have not returned calls or e-mails and we need the information to be able to claim from our insurance. This is a very shady company. DO NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THIS COMPANY unless you like wasting your money.
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We joined this trip on October 27th and really enjoyed our day. We were top side observers, and even though no one saw a shark that day the crew was really friendly and provided a lot of very interesting shark information. About six weeks before my sister had joined a whale watching boat, which stopped at the Farallon Islands, where they saw a fresh attack on an elephant seal, but as they were out there for whales they had to leave before the shark came back. The crew on the Superfish was able to confirm that they did witness the sharks return after about an hour, which must have been amazing. So you never know what you will get because it is the wild, but those islands are beautiful to see on their own. We loved this trip and will do it again for sure the next time we are in San Francisco. Fingers crossed that next time we get to see one of the most beautiful creatures in the world (in my opinion of course). By the way we were really happy with the food and drinks. Both were very good and we thought of generous proportions.