Monday, June 29, 2009

Whale Shark report - Saturday 27 June 2009

Wow, what an awesome day again!  We snorkelled with five different whale sharks today.  Stumpy made an appearance and hung out with us for ages - we love this whale shark, he is just the coolest ever!  Our other whale sharks ranged from a small and curious 3.5m guy to just over 6m.  A very nice variety indeed.
Every one of the five was swimming nice and slowly so we were able to spend a nice relaxing time with them.

Humpback whales were moving north at a good clip most of the day but we did find several who were taking a more leisurely approach to the migration so we followed along with them as they rolled, sprayed and checked things out.

We stopped at the 18m Mooring for a snorkel and the fish life was great. Stacks of parrotfish, butterflyfish and angelfish added ever-changing colours to the seascape, while big bullrays hung out in the sandy areas. Big sailfin catfish patrolled the reef edges while the smaller stripey juveniles tumbled over each other in never-ending balls of movement.

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