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Great White Adventures: Traveler Reviews

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 5 attractions in Alameda
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Activities: scuba diving
Attraction type: Other, Nature reserve
Address: 2038 Pacific Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501
Tel: 510-814-8256

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Reviews of Great White Adventures

( 8-10 of 10 )
“not worth the money”

Great White Adventures

2 of 5 stars
Fort Worth, TX
Oct 15, 2006
4/4 found this review helpful

I went out for two seperate days on this trip - the staff was very nice but the first day we saw one shark for approximately 10 seconds on the surface and the second day we saw no sharks - the water was extremely cold with terrible visiblity and the food was not good, either - in fact, my dietary restrictions, which were noted on my registration form, were not honored on either trip . . .
No chumming or dragging lures allowed at location - total waste of money - if you want to see great whites don't waste your money on this trip - go to Isla De Guadalupe . . .

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“We saw sharks!”

Great White Adventures

Mar 4, 2005
4/9 found this review helpful

My husband and I have been to the Farallons with Great White Adventurtes twice now! We saw sharks both times and we really enjoyed the experience. It is an exciting day out on the water with a great crew and fun people. The food was fine and we all had a great day with Jim and Mike.
They know their stuff and I personally learned a great deal from them about sharks and the wildlife out at the Farallon islands.
The company does not garauntee sharks and they are very up front about not promising wild animals to cooperate on que. I guess we were lucky to see what we saw. We saw two sharks the second trip in 2004 and we saw an awsome feeding event in 2003. We got to see a shark actually eat an elephant seal!! It was worth every penny and we are going to Guadalupe with them next year.

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“WASTE OF MONEY”

Great White Adventures

1 of 5 stars
California
Nov 17, 2004
16/17 found this review helpful

The company has a great website that makes you believe great white sharks are everywhere. The tell you about great food and drinks being served all day. The company is not allowed to chum (fish blood and guts) to attract and keep the sharks near the boat. They instead use a surfboard that sometimes gets a shark near the boat but then the shark leeves after he relizes there is no food. Th visbility is 5 to 10 feet and you cant even see a shark if one comes near. The food we were given was a boxed lunch worth about 2 dollars and it was wet. Don't waste you eight hundred dollars on this trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The compnay told many lies and all passengers on theboat were very upset.

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Reviews of Great White Adventures

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Great White Adventures: Management Resources

Great White Adventures Address

2038 Pacific Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501
Tel: 510-814-8256