Looking for whale sharks

Today was one of the highlights of our stay in Exmouth, a day on the ocean swimming with the biggest fish in the sea. We and fifteen others had an early start, and were spotting manatees and snorkelling off a boat in the reef lagoon by 8.30am. Then we snuck through the gap in the reef and headed into the open seas, with a spotter plane two thousand feet overhead helping the skipper find whale sharks.

As soon as a whale shark had been spotted, the boat stopped 300yds ahead of the shark's direction of travel, and we'd jump into the sea to intercept it and swim alongside for a while. Quite an experience - the whale sharks we saw were up to six metres long, and weighed five or six tonnes each. Vast, sleek and powerful. Each shark was accompanied by a coterie of hangers-on, fish who clean off the dead underbelly skin and leftover food between its teeth. The effect is like the serene progress of a gigantic emperor, attended by obsequious courtiers.


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My experience of the day was a little blackened because I was seasick for about an hour but after I had got rid of my breakfast (chucked up) everything got a little brighter.

When the 'spotter' yelled "action stations" we jumped in the water and paddled through the water to get to it.

I have to admit, seeing the whale shark looming out of the darkness was scary. It had lots of little spots that looked almost majestic in the poor light. We went snorkling afterwards and saw lots of fab fish!
I would recommend this to anyone!


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