Wonderful Whale Sharks

This is actually Daniel's experience but, as anyone who has ever received a birthday card from him knows, he doesn't enjoy writing and we'd be lucky to get more than a sentence. So when I offered to write it, he gladly accepted. Anyway Coral Bay is a perfect location to swim with the whale sharks, the worlds biggest fish. Between April to August whale sharks frequent the Ningaloo Reef, around Coral Bay, as they are filter feeders and the reef waters are abundant with food. It is a full day tour from 7.30 to 4 that includes several coral reef snorkels then constant dives/snorkels with the whales sharks whilst they are feeding near the shore. Daniel saw turtles, heaps of large jelly fish and swam with several whale sharks. They were smaller whale sharks but still 5-6 metres long, surely an impressive size to swim with. Daniel said they swam quite fast comparable to their size and it was an amazing feeling when they swam towards you with their huge mouths open for feeding. We had hired a GoPro underwater camera so Daniel got some great shots, their was also a professional photographer so we got heaps of pics. After their day on the reef they were further rewarded with 2 great sightings on the journey home, a dugong and a 7-8 metre tiger shark. He had a fabulous day and I was EXTREMELY disappointed that my day was cancelled due to the cyclone.