Today was our last Whale Shark Adventure of 2009 and we had a wonderful day out!
We only swam with a single whale shark today but it was a very curious and animated 3.5m little one who let us have multiple wonderful drops. We swam along and watched as he bobbed his head up and down then we scrambled out of the way as he turned and tried to round us all up! We couldn't have asked for a better last whale shark of the season - he was just too cute, too fun to swim with and too happy to be with us.
We did our single reef dive on one of our new sites that still remains unnamed. The ledges were filled with baitfish and a couple of very large potato cod kept gliding in to check us out. Rays, sharks, parrotfish, trevally, barracuda, turtles - we saw it all!
WATER TEMP: 23C
VISIBILITY: 10-15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 20m
The rest of the day was awesome, too. We had manta rays, humpback whales and a big pod of spinner dolphins zipping along in our bow wake and following the boat. It was one of those amazing days where everything out there was nice and close and wanting to play!
We will continue to keep our eyes peeled for late-staying whale sharks while we are out on our Explorers, so you might still get lucky this season. If you can't make it now, start planning for 2010 and take advantage of our 2009 rates for a limited time only!
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Good day! I'm Jun living in Tokyo.
ReplyDeleteI'm considering my honeymoon destination, and watching a Whale Shark will be the great idea. But I heard Whale Shark tours are only between April and July. Is there any such tour in December?
December is wonderful for diving here on the Ningaloo Reef but the whale sharks are only here from late March to July. Some years, like this season, they were here a little early, but outside of the season there is very little chance of encountering one.
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