Whale sharks everywhere! Our plane saw over 20 and we spent the day jumping in and out of the water with a nice number of them. Almost all of the whale sharks we saw today were just under 5m and the smaller they were the more curious, it seems.
The little ones like to bank around and swim right back at the snorkellers, forcing us to try to swim backwards to get out of their way! They also like to circle us and round us up into a small group; it's great fun as they do all the work while we just float along watching!
We started the day by snorkelling with some gorgeous manta rays who were taking advantage of all of the food the swell has kicked up. We also had a huge pod of dolphins playing just off the boat.
Could it get better? Yes! The surprise guest of the day was a big hammerhead that joined us while we were snorkelling along. So cool and so rare!!
We did our dive in the afternoon after all of the excitement of manta rays, dolphins, hammerhead shark and whale sharks. We stopped at the Coral Gardens and thoroughly enjoyed all of the smaller, very brightly coloured fishes. It was a great end to a lovely day.
WATER TEMP: 24C
VISIBILITY: 5-8m
CURRENT: slight
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 6m
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