We have had reports recently of whale sharks congregating in an area a couple of hours from Malapascua and are in the process of investigating it more fully. Occasionally we see whale sharks from the surface including one recently at Lighthouse only 300 meters from shore and in 10 meters of water. But they are rarely seen on dives. But that may all be changing.…
Who would have ever believed it? In my six years on Malapascua, even I could never have imagined – WHALE SHARK on this morning’s dive at Monad Shoal!!!
Juvenile whale shark under our boat Amy
Our delightful group from Thailand arrived 3 days ago and requested thresher sharks, hammerheads, frogfish, harlequin shrimps and pygmy seahorses. Well, we gave them all of those, and their next request was for a whale shark. We smiled indulgently and said we would try our best but apologized that they probably would not see one. But boy, were we wrong, and did they ever get their wish!
On Monad Shoal as they were watching a thresher shark circle, a whale shark came up over the side and made straight for them! All 25 of the Thai divers saw the four meter baby whale shark as it swam past, then upwards and right under our boat.
Whale Shark
The table was buzzing at breakfast this morning as everyone talked about the dive – a whale shark and a thresher shark at the same time – no one knew where to look!
Does it get any better than this?