Whale Sharks in Baja
Posted by Simon
In March the Codger Divers went to Utila with the hope of seeing whale sharks. We had a good time but failed to see any whale sharks. A few months ago my neighbor Jose M. told me that there were whale sharks in Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California. Howard and I drove down on Tuesday and dove with Ricardo Arce today and we saw them.
In fact we saw several. One was named Francine. They are huge and fast but extremely gentle. I had borrowed Mark Z’s underwater camera for this moment so I was able to take several excellent pictures of the inside of the lens cap. And a few like this:
Ricardo found a spot where Francine was circling and Howard formed a special bond with her. I took the picture:
Details about 12 feet with a mouth the size of a large trash can.
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September 23rd, 2010 at 5:15 am
Yes that is a Remora in the second photo
September 25th, 2010 at 8:23 am
Dear Codger Diver–
Simon, you are such a rennaissance man/explorer!! Had never heard of a whale shark before.
Love that you stay in touch.
All is well here–doing a bit of contract work for 2 organizations–from time to time. Still having fun.
Hope family is fine!
Fondly, Linda
September 27th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
[...] trip worthwhile. But we also had great diving with Ricardo, the town of Bahia de Los Angeles, swimming with the Whale Sharks and the military check points. And I should also mention driving with Howard for twenty hours and [...]
September 30th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
[...] any self respecting port town Bahia de Los Angeles, where Howard and I went diving last week, [...]
October 3rd, 2010 at 8:26 am
[...] The water was about 80 F most of the time but there were serious thermo-clines where the temperature dropped into the low 70’s. These are the first underwater photos I have ever taken. I used an Olympus camera and housing I borrowed from Mark Z. I wanted it to document that we actually did swim with the whale sharks. And it worked (see the whale shark blog post) [...]