Heading out this morning, the sky was grey but the breeze was warm. Hoping the rain on the northern skies would stay where it was we headed out for a morning snorkel on a deeper dive than Sunday, here there were many more fish of all sizes and colour feeding on coral, jellyfish and more. Then coming from a distance crept a white tip reef shark who wasn’t impressed by our presence and soon left the rest of the reef in peace.
We jumped back on the boat ready for the whale sharks, but the cloudy skies made it hard for the spotter planes to find where they were hanging out today. Not long after we had our first sighting and jumped in for a brief encounter before the shark dived. Surrounded by a possie of sucker fish and baby trevally and whale shark disappeared into the depths.
However the swims came again and again with 3 different whale sharks all cruising just below the surface making visibility great watching with a more experienced eye the small identifications of each shark could be seen, a research tag, a nick in the fin and brightness of spots on one and the distinctive pattern on another. We had so many swims lunch was postponed and although in need of food the swimmers jumped in for one last swim with the whale sharks all hastily trying to keep up. They day ended with the sun appearing a great lunch. The experience just gets better the more you swim! Have some great photos to prove it too! Tomorrow we will process the photos and see what sharks we sighted today.
Louise
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