If you'd rather swim
with whale sharks then you need to go south to Oslob — make sure you stop off at the stunning Kawasan Falls along the way.
Not exact matches
As such, it provides the first real glimpse into what baleen
whales were like before they evolved their feeding filters.Measuring about 9 to 11 feet long, the specimen was the size of a bottlenose dolphin,
with huge eyes that took up a quarter of its head.Instead of echolocating, it most likely depended on keen underwater vision and sharp hearing to track fish and small
sharks, which it would
then tear apart and shred
with its 1.4 - inch - long serrated teeth.
If you go a bit further offshore you'll reach the Ningaloo reef, a fantastic spot for diving, and if you visit between April and July
then you can even snorkel
with whale sharks as they migrate past.
First it was the world's largest stingray, next it was Omura's
whales - the world's newest classified species of
whale - feeding next to Mermaid II,
then it was a forty - five minute snorkel session
with Raja Ampat's first ever ocean sunfish, and finally last trip it was a hammerhead
shark swimming along at five meters.
-- If you're here during the high season from May — September
then you can swim
with whale sharks from Isla Holbox.
Since
then I've made multiple trips to Belize to scuba dive, go cave tubing, play in waterfalls, and swim
with whale sharks for the first time!
Start the day
with a snorkel on the reef
then out to swim
with a
whale shark once the plane has spotted one.
If you are looking to swim
with a
whale shark, the biggest fish in the ocean,
then you have come to the right place.
My partner & I are advanced divers & wish to dive
with Whale sharks, Manta Rays &
then look & undisturbed coral etc..
Eye - in - eye
with Great Whites at Guadalupe,
then diving at the famous Mayan cenotes and the world's second largest barrier reef, and swimming
with whale sharks.
If you want to have encounters
with these creatures and more
then you should look to Pacific coast liveaboards that operate itineraries to places like Socorro (
sharks and mantas), Guadalupe Island (great white
shark cage diving) and the Sea of Cortez (
sharks, seals, dolphins and
whales).