7 months ago Kirsty was adamant, “I AM NOT SWIMMING WITH THE WHALE SHARKS!”. Today, we have never seen her so excited! She had the biggest smile on her face, which lasted all day! Jade and I were a bit scared. Boarded the boat, put our wetsuits on and went on our quest to find a whale shark.
2 groups of 10, we spotted a whale shark & within minutes we are in the water, single file behind the instructor.
He says “Face in the water, sharks coming straight for us” and then he is yelling, “Move out of the way, too close.”
The shark slowly glides past us and we are swimming as fast as we can to keep up with it, as it disappears into the deep blue. We climb back in the boat, find another shark, and the instructor yells “group 2 at the back of the boat now” and like ducks, we waddle as fast as we can and do that same process all over again. After 8 times in and out of the water, everyone was pretty exhausted but pumped with adrenalin. It was unreal! Kirsty & Jade had the best day. The whale sharks are gentle giants with a beautiful skin pattern.
We have some good video footage, we will post when we have time. Just so busy……
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