Fantastic day out swimming with Whale sharks
Day 82
We have booked our tour on a smaller boat and there are only 9 of us plus crew. It’s such a beautiful day and we cruise off to the north in search of the whale sharks. There are 2 other boats and they have a spotter plane which gives them the location of the whale sharks and then we go to that location. We are given our instructions on getting in and out of the water quickly and there are only allowed to be 10 people in the water with the whale sharks at one time so each boat takes their turn and we are in the water for about 5 minutes. We are lucky today and get to swim with these lovely creatures 3 times and hope I get some good photos with my underwater camera. We are about 3 metres away from them and just swim beside them in amazement. With a small boat we have to start heading back to Coral Bay after lunch but feel very privileged to have experienced swimming with these enormous creatures. Throughout the day we see Manta Ray, Turtles, Dolphins, a dugong, sea snake, reef sharks and a humpback whale from a distance. I reckon it’s almost equivalent to seeing the “big 5” in Africa! After a snorkel on the outer reef where we do see coral and more colourful fish, we arrive back at Coral Bay in time to see another gorgeous sunset.
We have booked our tour on a smaller boat and there are only 9 of us plus crew. It’s such a beautiful day and we cruise off to the north in search of the whale sharks. There are 2 other boats and they have a spotter plane which gives them the location of the whale sharks and then we go to that location. We are given our instructions on getting in and out of the water quickly and there are only allowed to be 10 people in the water with the whale sharks at one time so each boat takes their turn and we are in the water for about 5 minutes. We are lucky today and get to swim with these lovely creatures 3 times and hope I get some good photos with my underwater camera. We are about 3 metres away from them and just swim beside them in amazement. With a small boat we have to start heading back to Coral Bay after lunch but feel very privileged to have experienced swimming with these enormous creatures. Throughout the day we see Manta Ray, Turtles, Dolphins, a dugong, sea snake, reef sharks and a humpback whale from a distance. I reckon it’s almost equivalent to seeing the “big 5” in Africa! After a snorkel on the outer reef where we do see coral and more colourful fish, we arrive back at Coral Bay in time to see another gorgeous sunset.
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