WhaleShark Season

[lissette]

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone can tell me when is the best time to see whale sharks in the uae? Any suggestions on the best dive operation to go out and see them with and where is the best place to go? :)

[SoggyShoes]

The following is something that I posted for someone else regarding Whale Sharks:

Swimming with the whale sharks is amazing. I did it last year in Mexico. In the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula there is an estuary for them. I am not sure how long they stay but I think that they are there now (we went in June). In the estuary you are NOT allowed to SCUBA only snorkel but it is so worth it. The nice thing about snorkeling instead of diving is that family members that do not dive can go and see why we are obsessed about being under water. I went through a great dive shop in Playa Del Carmen called Yucatek Divers. The shop is run by a German lady named Yolanda. All there dive instructors and guides speak perfect English and she takes very good care of you. It is a high quality shop/ guide/ instruction operation. Yolanda also owns a hotel next to the dive shop. Here is a link to the dive shop: http://www.yucatek-divers.com/ and a link to the hotel: http://www.casadegopala.com/. The whale sharks we saw and spent several hours swimming with were all between 30- 45 feet. They have videos of one that is almost 60 feet! Its mouth was about 6 feet wide. Fortunately, they are filter feeders! It is worth the trip!

ps. Yolanda has a 4 night Whale Shark and dive package deal with her dive shop and hotel for $450. The deal is from June 1st to August 31st so I imagine that is when the Whale Sharks are around. I have stayed at the hotel and it is nice and clean. I did my open water and nitrox with them and they run a great opperation. Here is another link to the page that has the package deal: http://www.divetrip.com/playa/gopala.htm

Enjoy!

[Bubble Junky]

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[kruz]

The following is something that I posted for someone else regarding Whale Sharks:

Swimming with the whale ...............................another link to the page that has the package deal: http://www.divetrip.com/playa/gopala.htm

Enjoy!

nice but.....lissette asked for UAE

[Gulf Diver]

i dont know about uae but in kuwait i did have some nice encounters in august and sep i dont know if this is the season but i think it should be the same in all the gulf water.

i was told by somone that kuwait have the biggest Population of wale sharks in the gulf because kuwait water is rich with plankton.

[lissette]

wow, i didnt know that about kuwait :)