Glorious day today again! We started our Whale Shark Adventure by swimming with four manta rays.
They were circling, feeding, rolling and swooping by us as we snorkelled with them. These were some of the most interactive manta rays we've had yet and everyone had incredible encounters. It was hard to pull ourselves away from the mantas, but we knew we had to get back on the boat to go find some whale sharks!
We swam with three different whale sharks today. They were all relatively small - between 3.5 to 4.5m - though one was far fatter than one would expect from his length! Each of the three was feeding with mouth nice and wide and they were each swimming nice and slowly. We love slow whale sharks! Hard to believe after the excellent manta rays earlier in the day, but we think the swims with the whale sharks were at least as good, if not even better!
On our way back up the coast we were accompanied by quite a few humpbacks and we could see more off in the distance, too. Our best unexpected sight today was an orca (aka killer whale)! It popped up pretty close to some of the humpback whales and the humpbacks were not too keen about the newcomer. The humpbacks hit the accelerator and zoomed up the reef and out of sight.
Another awesome day out here at Exmouth Diving Centre!
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