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August / September: Second plankton bloom of the year, with more reliable sightings of mantas and whale sharks, but visibility can be variable and potentially poor.
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The basking shark and whale shark are killed mainly for their fins and meat, and the great white shark for its jaws and teeth, he said.
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In March and April each year, the rich waters also serve as a way station on the migratory path of bus-sized whale sharks.
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Some snorkellers swam alongside a whale shark, while divers of one boat made their entry to find themselves among a welcoming committee of pilot whales.
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If you watch my microlite video you will see that I saw some Whale Sharks in the ocean and a sting ray.
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That said, I have swum with a whale shark, then made my way between the sunbeds and parasols on a crowded beach to reload my camera and gone back in to shoot another film.
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There is nothing like the instant gratification of jumping in to find, as the bubbles clear, that a gargantuan whale shark is sheltering in the shadow of your boat, or a posse of eagle rays is gliding by.
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Whale sharks are pelagic, meaning they roam the open sea, and can only be seen along the coast during seasonal feeding aggregations.
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Despite this distinctive profile, scientists know very little about Rhincodon typus—the whale shark.
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The vessel makes only a handful of voyages each year for up to 12 passengers willing to pay to swim with whale sharks and green turtles.
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The ichthyofauna includes nearly 85% of the reef fish species endemic to the west Indian Ocean region (399 species) including several commercially important endemics such as the slinger Charysoblephous puniceus. 991 species have been recorded. including summer aggregations of ragged-toothed shark Tiburon odontaspis and whale shark Rhynchodon typus.
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The whale shark is harmless to people, feeding on plankton and small fish.
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As he cruised around with a camera the size of Surrey, I felt like a remora trying to clean a whale shark.
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We saw the whale shark in the aquarium.
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But whale sharks are the largest fish in the sea.
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We were told that whale sharks, whales and dolphins are abundant during the summer, between November and April.
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It's early-season, but you never know, a manta or whale shark could pass by.
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A whale shark tilts upright and yanks on a net, trying to make off with a fisherman's catch.
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On my next dive, I was just mellowing out and watching the occasional fish swim by when, out of the blue, came another whale shark, swimming straight towards me.
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Even the migration pattern of species such as whale sharks, manta rays, turtles and whales has a bearing on when to go.
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Whale sharks pass by in late March and early April and the occasional dugong has been seen.
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The star of Baja California on the Pacific coast is Cabo san Lucas and the islands and sea mounts off La Paz, where divers can encounter whale sharks, mantas and hammerheads.
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The most well - known sharks are the great white shark, whale shark, blue shark and hammerhead shark.
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The World Conservation Union lists the whale shark as a vulnerable species.
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You've dived with great whites and snorkelled with whale sharks - now, get ready for the tuna.
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The whale shark, the biggest fish on earth, is a plankton feeder and harmless to divers.
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The basking shark and whale shark are killed mainly for their fins and meat, and the great white shark for its jaws and teeth, he said.
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The whale shark is the largest fish in the world, measuring up to 20 m in length.
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Tropical fish haunt its few coral reefs, and whale sharks and giant Pacific manta rays feed on its plankton.
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It was only after these fish vanished from the ecosystem that mammals and cartilaginous fish such as manta rays, basking sharks, whale sharks began to adapt to that ecological role.
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The vessel makes only a handful of voyages each year for up to 12 passengers willing to pay to swim with whale sharks and green turtles.
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Palm-drenched Koh Samui, Thailand's third largest island, boasts the country's only LGBT diving organization. coordinates trips in the calm southern Gulf of Thailand around neighboring Koh Tao ( "Turtle Island") and north to famed Sail Rock, where schools of batfish and giant grouper patrol the 40-foot vertical passage through its granite core and plankton-feeding whale sharks are often sighted.
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The whale shark, the biggest fish on earth, is a plankton feeder and harmless to divers.
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Manta rays cruise past, turtles lumber along, sharks scope the scene, the odd octopus creeps along the ocean floor, and further out, the whale sharks make their way north.
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Whale sharks and mantas might be seen at any time of the year, but especially between November and January.
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Whale sharks, manta rays and even grey whales are almost common.
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A lot of skates and rays and the chimaeras are not as charismatic as white sharks or whale sharks or a manta ray, but these things are probably taken in far greater numbers in terms of by-catch.
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It is here that divers may encounter anything from schooling batfish, barracudas to a sailfish, or even the whale shark.
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The currents can be very strong, but this attracts the larger pelagics and with luck you will encounter tuna, barracuda, blacktip sharks and even whale sharks.
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But so long as the whale shark made no discernible attempt to propel itself through the water I could, by finning vigorously, just about keep pace.
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But whale sharks are the largest fish in the sea.
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As their fins thrashed through the water in fast pursuit, I saw the whale shark descend rapidly to the depths.
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The large lagoon and break in the reef attract many species, including dugongs, whale sharks, dolphins and manta rays.
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Some snorkellers swam alongside a whale shark, while divers of one boat made their entry to find themselves among a welcoming committee of pilot whales.
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Every March and April, whale sharks come to Ningaloo Reef on Australia's outback coast to feed on plankton.
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The most well - known sharks are the great white shark, whale shark, blue shark and hammerhead shark.
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For the past eight years he has skippered boats for whale shark tours.
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It is not known, for example, whether the whale shark is represented by a single worldwide panmictic population or by numerous, reproductively isolated populations.
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Whale shark season is in March and April, though you could get lucky at any time of year.
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Reef life includes batfish, yellowfin tuna and teeming shoals of smaller fish, but divers might also encounter stingrays, turtles, sharks, groupers, snappers and whale sharks.
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We saw the whale shark in the aquarium.
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Turtles, large shoals of fish and pelagics including hammerhead, sharks, manta rays and whale sharks are often encountered.
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These nutrients feed plankton, which attracts mantas, whale sharks and huge schools of small plankton-feeding fish such as fusiliers and red-toothed triggers.
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Whales, dolphins, enormous groupers, turtles, whale sharks, manta rays, great whites, hammerheads - they all play a starring role in attracting divers to worldwide destinations.
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Leviathan among sharks, a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) gains on its small prey in the Indian Ocean off the coast of western Australia.