Early accounts of the birds of Isla de Guadalupe and adjacent waters did not mention the Laysan Albatross, Diomedea immutabilis (Jehl and Everett 1985), though Pitman (1986) and Jennings (1987) observed the species around the island from 1974 to 1984. Dunlap (1988) first reported it breeding on Isla de Guadalupe in May 1986, the first known breeding colony for the species east of the Hawaiian Islands and a major range extension. Howell and Webb (1992) noted additional new colonies established on Isla San Benedicto (19° 19'N, 110° 49'W) and Isla Clarión (18° 22'N, 114° 44'W) in the Revillagigedo Archipelago. The colony at Isla de Guadalupe has been reported on subsequently by Oberbauer et al. (1989) and Howell and Webb (1992). Here we summarize the growth and current status of this colony on the basis of our observations in 1991 and 1992 and those of the island’s military staff.