Horizon Charters

Horizon Charters are the first vessel and crew to discover great white sharks and pioneer shark cage diving at Guadalupe Island in 2000. The MV Horizon is the perfect vessel for all your diving needs. Whether you are joining for the first time, or chartering the dive boat for the week as a return guest, they have the experience, the dive crews, and the equipment to make your next dive vacation a success.

The shark expedition aboard the MV Horizon leaves directly from San Diego's H & M Landing.

Dive Overview

Scuba diving with the friendly Horizon crew gets you up close and personal with the oceans wildlife, staffed by a professional and supportive dive crew. A cage diving dive trip to Guadalupe Island is an experience not to be missed by big animal lovers and underwater photographers.

[See: Guadalupe Dive Travel Guide]

Accommodation Overview

MV Horizon has 8 carpeted and air-conditioned cabins and 12 dorm bunks to accommodate up to 30 people.

Food & Drinks

Catering to every diet and taste the Chef prepares meals to remember. Youll be enjoying 3 full and varied meals a day, with all the snacks you can eat, and beer and wine included. Depending on your diet, they are very flexible and will cater to whatever your requirements are including vegetarian options. Put simply, the food on this trip is as memorable as everything else and you will not go hungry.

Dive Information

Guadalupe Great White Shark Diving

Shark cage diving, it really is as thrilling as it looks! You have always wanted to experience the worlds top white shark cage diving destination at Guadalupe Island, and now you can for less than you imagined. Face off with great white sharks on Americas Shark Boat, the MV Horizon.

• Shark cage diving for everyone
• 5 Day shark diving charters
• San Diego to Guadalupe Island
• All permits, fees,and taxes included in the price
• US Flagged vessel with all US crew
• Chef prepared meals, beer and wine included
• Lowest price guarantee
• Guadalupe cage diving since 2000

Sample Itinerary - Great White Shark Diving

• Boarding Night -
• Welcome aboard Americas Shark Boat! Your Guadalupe Island shark diving adventure starts right here. Our helpful crew members will show you to your accommodations in San Diego and get you settled into your cage diving home away from home for the next few days. Ship orientation and departure tonight. Guadalupe Island and great white sharks here we come!
• Day 1 -
• After leaving San Diego Bay we enter Mexican waters while passing Islas Coronados. We are now officially on our way to Guadalupe Island for the best cage diving with great white sharks in the world. Today is a day of travel and relaxation while the crew prepares for the next few days of shark diving. This is your chance to get your sea legs and get prepared for tomorrow and your first cage dives with the white sharks of Guadalupe!
• Day 2 -
• Welcome to the Island of the Great White Sharks, Guadalupe Island! Our shark cages are deployed by 7:00am each morning with shark encounters to follow for the entire day. You may take a break at lunch, depending on the mornings viewing activity, and we will stop sharking at last light from the mountains each day when the sharks start their nightly seal hunt at depth. Plus, dinner is calling in the galley. Oh, and one last thing, when you go to sleep tonight know that just a few feet away from your bunk, white sharks are prowling below you, sleep tight!
• Day 3 -
• Main day shark diving for everyone. By now you are a newly minted Horizon Charters Shark Diver, congratulations we knew you could do it! We open the shark diving pool at first light and with a small group of shark divers aboard, usually half of the divers are in and half are out of the water on 1-hour rotations that will last another full day today. Epic shark dinner tonight, as we always celebrate our shark divers on Day 3!
• Day 4 -
• On Day 4 we depart shortly after lunch for San Diego. This is your last chance to say goodby to our great white shark friends, and for your last cage diving moments at the island. Be sure to have your cameras ready as we pass the famous Shark Fin Rock on the way back. Adios Isla Guadalupe!
• Day 5 -
• We travel north to San Diego, California for a 3:30 to 5:00pm arrival in port. We will arrange your shuttle to the airport or your local accommodations.