Saturday, June 13, 2009

Whale Shark report - Wednesday 10 June 2009

Central Station was buzzing today!  We had a great manta just hanging out, doing a straight line, then banking and repeating in the other direction.  The snorkellers saw a few mantas doing the same thing in a single spot, too!  We also had a lazy turtle, three sharks, a million octopus and zillions of fish.  OK, maybe we exaggerate a teensy bit but the reef was going off today!
WATER TEMP: 24C
VISIBILITY: 15+m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 16m

Unbelievable how many humpback whales were around today. They were everywhere we went. Most of them were simply cruising north, blowing every now and again, but some were popping their heads out and waving tails around.

We had two awesome whale sharks today. The cutest ever 2.5m little one who was curious and eager to check out what all the fuss was about. We could have just given him a big cuddle and taken him home with us he was so sweet! Our other whale shark was a 6m whale shark who's definitely been eating well - it was bigger around than some of the longer sharks we've seen this season! Again, just amazing to be able to snorkel with these guys.

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