Saturday, March 26, 2011

Exmouth Diving Centre Whale Shark report - Saturday 26 March 2011

Another glorious day here on the Ningaloo Reef!

We dived and snorkeled at Central Station and the conditions were pretty nice. Blue water set a nice background for the unicornfish, trevally, small barracuda, snapper and cods. Moray eels, cleaner shrimp, nudibanchs and hermit crabs dotted the reef while blue spotted rays and one big cowtail ray took to the sand.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 10-12m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 17m

The whale sharks were enthusiastically playing the game today and we had multiple drops on multiple sharks from very early on in our search! Most of the whale sharks we swam with today were from 4-7m and almost every one of them was swimming at a pretty leisurely pace which made tit perfect for spending lots of time with them.

A couple of the whale sharks we saw today did do the up and down thing a bit and it's so amazing to watch them move. They would swim along the surface, then dive gently & effortlessly disappearing into the deep...only to just as easily glide right back up in front of us again! Wonderful day out!

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