24/02/2022
“Sad Face” a regular visitor at Guadalupe Island. In the first picture from 2018, you can still see the faint upside down smile that gave him his name.
In 2019 ( 2nd picture) you would not bable to recognize him by that scarring. It had completely disappeared, only to be replaced by a big injury to his gills.
In 2021, ( 3rd picture) even the big injury to his gills is looking a lot better.
Because of their amazing ability to heal, we don’t use bite injuries for identification purposes. Mutilations, pieces of a fin missing for example, are permanent and can be used as an aid in identifying an individual shark.
All our divers receive a copy of the official Guadalupe White Shark photo ID and learn how to identify the sharks we encounter.
Call 619.887.4275 or email [email protected] for more info on our expeditions.