Monday, June 1, 2009

Whale Shark report - Saturday 30 May 2009

Gorgeous day!  We started at Central Station and all of the colourful reef fish were darting to and fro, their bright colours sparkling in the streaming sunlight. We saw quite a few octopus, including one brave occy gliding across the reef, tentacles searching a safe path in front of him, colours & patterns flashing. A huge bull ray had buried himself so well in the sand that only the tip of his tail gave his hiding spot away.
WATER TEMP: 25C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 16m

Our whale sharks were excellent again. We had multiple sharks and multiple drops throughout the day so we all got a good workout even though most of the whale sharks were swimming along nice and gently. One was cruising underneath us at about 12m and then tipped his head up and came straight up to the surface to swim beside us. No matter how many times we see one of these behemoths rise from the depths it's always amazing!

We had some great humpback whales swimming along the reef and flicking their tails out, too. It was another great day!

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