Central Station was first up on our Whale Shark Adventure today. The reef was active, but the visibility was pretty low despite there being no current or and only a little surge. Large schools of goatfish and snapper were flattened out over the reef they blanketed more than half of it! Interesting to see a horizontal school of fish instead of a vertical one. Lots of rays were tucked down under mounds of sand and some new to us coral crabs were playing hide and seek in the branches of the staghorn coral. One of the neatest sights on this dive was a huge trumpetfish hanging upside vertically in the water and just riding the surge back and forth. Every now and then he'd do a little yawn, extending his jaw out so we could see through the hinges.
WATER TEMP: 24C
VISIBILITY: 5m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: slight
DEPTH: 17m
We started swimming with the first of our whale sharks at 1015! He was about 6m long and we hung out with him for quite a while before moving over to a slightly smaller 5.5m guy. Again, we were spoiled with lots of drops and lots of time to enjoy each of the four different whale sharks we encountered today. In between swimming with each whale shark, we were treated to humpback whales cruising pretty close to us. We did spot a manta ray right in the surf line of the reef so we sat and watched him ride the waves for a while, too!
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