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WHALE SHARK EXPEDITION..
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'ISLA MUJERES, MEXICO'
2012 TRIP SCHEDULE
6 DAY ADVENTURES
(4 DAYS IN WATER)
JULY 1 - 6, 2012 - 3 SPOTS LEFT
JULY 8 - 13, 2012
Join the editor of Shark Diver Magazine for our 8th whale shark season out to Isla Mujeres, Mexico to visit the whale shark capital of the world!
This is our annual trip out there to snorkel with whale sharks in the plankton rich waters that surround the Isla Mujeres, Mexico. And each year the adventures just gets wilder, the sharks get bigger, and the experiences are beyond words. There is also an opportunities to see and potentially with manta rays, schools of golden rays, sometimes schooling in the hundreds. This past season we also had many encounters with sailfish and one white marlin.
OUR HISTORY HERE...
Our first trip out here to seek out the whale sharks was in Holbox was back in August of 2005 which was one of the first organized exploratory trips out to these islands. The whale shark grounds were still yet to become a protected marine reserve. In 2003 the locals began taking people out to see the sharks. A few people came out, then in 2004 a few more. SDm heard about the place and decided to organize an exploratory trip out there to see what it was all about. It was a huge success, we had 12 different whale sharks in a 3 day period, with countless manta rays as well.
OUR TRIP REPORTS TOTALS FOR THE PAST 6 SEASONS...
- August 2005...We swam with12 different whale sharks, along with countless manta rays.
- July 2006... Around 100 different whale sharks. We also sighted over 15 manta rays breaches.
- July 2007... we saw 50 different whale sharks from the boat, and swam with 23 different sharks, with one breaching manta, 50 yards from the boat!
- July 2008... over 60 sharks in 6 days
- July 2009... we saw hundreds of whale sharks feeding together. One day we encountered over 600 sharks - ALL FEEDING TOGETHER.
- July 2010... 8 days in the water, 3 days of over 200 whale sharks feeding together, and some amazing days with 3-4 whale sharks with long encounters. great manta ray encounters as well.
- July 2011...4 days in the water, over 100 sharks feeding in a large aggregation, where we spent countless hours swimming with them.
Manta rays are common here. A real treat is when they breach, and when you see one breach, keep looking they always breach twice.
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