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seanoman
07-22-2008, 01:25 AM
Well my wife and I just got back from a big family vacation to Mexico. While we were down there we were able to go on a tour where we swam with Whale Sharks in the ocean. Just thought I would share a few photos of these amazing sharks with you.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/seanoman44/Mexico2008515.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/seanoman44/Mexico2008516.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/seanoman44/Mexico2008517.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/seanoman44/Mexico2008518.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/seanoman44/Mexico2008519.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/seanoman44/Mexico2008520.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/seanoman44/Mexico2008523.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/seanoman44/Mexico2008524.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/seanoman44/Mexico2008525.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/seanoman44/Mexico2008526.jpg

Just so you know the guides that we were with said that this was one of the biggest Sharks that they have swam with. They figured it to be about 30-35 feet long.

Anybody going down to Cancun, I would strongly suggest this tour. It was an experience of a lifetime.
sphelps
07-22-2008, 01:33 AM
Awesome! What tour was that exactly?
martym
07-22-2008, 01:55 AM
Wow What a thrill
Lance
07-22-2008, 02:34 AM
WOW!!! That must have been an incredible experience. How close do you think you were to them?
crtrcrzy
07-22-2008, 02:37 AM
magnificent creatures hopefully one day ill get down there to do that
fishoholic
07-22-2008, 03:19 AM
Very cool! However I'm not sure I'd be that brave to swim by something that big!
mark
07-22-2008, 03:35 AM
now that's a holiday
untamed
07-22-2008, 05:15 AM
Awesome. One of the things on my bucket list! I'm jealous beyond words.

Reminds me of diving with manta rays...they are attracted to the plankton so you either get clear water or mantas... take your pick!
Delphinus
07-22-2008, 05:34 AM
Wow, really cool.

Just curious though, do you hear cheesy new-age synthy music when you swim with them? Because you never see them on any documentary without the soundtrack. :lol:

Seriously, that's very cool and man yeah that is hella awesome you got to see them in person. That's wild beyond words. :)
hockey nut
07-22-2008, 06:57 AM
SWEET!!!!!!!!!

That would take any vacation to a new level.

Thanks for sharing the pics.
Whatigot
07-22-2008, 03:00 PM
I have some pics from a vacation where I am doing something similar, only with my girlfriend at the time who the guides ALSO commented was one of the biggest they had swam with....



save the wales, harpoon a fat chick.....lol
seanoman
07-22-2008, 11:18 PM
This trip was truely amazing. As far as the name, i think it was just called swim with the whale sharks or something like that. I know we left out of Puerto Juarez which is just right on the outskirts of Cancun. We just booked it right from our hotel and it was the only whale shark tour available.

As far as not being able to jump in the water with these beasts, It was pretty scary at first even knowing that they only eat plankton. It is pretty intimidating having it swim straight towards you. All in all, I am sure glad my wife convinced me to do this with her, as she is the one who saw this in the first place.

Oh yeah about how close you get.... You were able to go as close as you could get by keeping up to them. The only thing they asked was that you not reach out and make contact with the sharks. Other than that, we were within 2 feet or so of the shark.