Guadalupe white shark "Paul Walker," named in memory of the late actor and conservationist, was one of the most frequently seen shark Guadalupe the last few trips that I was there.

Travel and diving at the island have been indefinitely banned, so I unfortunately have not been able to see any members of my favorite shark population, since the end of 2021. I hope the sharks are thriving.

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While it's the close-ups that I usually wait for, there's something about catching a white shark at a distance that gives a sense of how vast the underwater world is.

The shark in this photo is Luca Arnone (#136 in MCSI's Guadalupe White Shark Photo ID database). When he was first identified, he had a rope wrapped around his gill region. Thankfully, some divers were able to cut the rope free, and we continued to see Luca year after year following him being freed from that entanglement.

With Guadalupe now closed to diving and tourism, I can only hope that Luca is still out there and thriving.

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Peggy Sue, one of Guadalupe's juvenile white sharks, ascends from the dark depths toward the surface.

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Keyser Söze, one of Isla de Guadalupe's male white sharks, maneuvers a turn just below the water's surface, as patterns of sunlight dance along the surface of his skin.

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Male white shark Paul Walker emerges from the shadow of the Solmar V dive boat.

This shark was named after the late actor who was also a supporter of research and conservation at Guadalupe.

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