Spotting a Whale shark
I have finally witnessed one of the oceans most beautiful creatures. People who have dived a lot more than I, haven't seen it yet. But I, with approximately 230 dives, finally saw it. I was diving in Koh Haa with four other people and when I was heading up against the safety stop at five o’clock, I looked up and saw this huge whale shark cruising by. I just looked at it for a few seconds before calling everyone else around me, and soon everyone around had seen it. It's rare to see them around but at the moment it seems to be something in particular that the whales like around Koh Haa.
When I got on the boat again it turned out that we were the only group from Angry Bird (the boat) who had seen it. I saw it swimming away against island number five, so I told the boatmaster to do the next dive around the caves – it was a bet but it turned out to be just right.
After 30 minutes into the dive the whale shark was passing by us again. And now everyone saw it and we were just cheering and laughing the whole day after that.
The next day we went for Koh Haa again and I told my group that I saw a whale shark the other day and so we all had our hopes up. Luckily a whale shark visited us again on the second dive! This one was even bigger – around 8 meters (the one the day before was about 3-4). So lucky to see whale shark two days in a row!
Lucy, the photographer, took some nice pictures:
Instagram: @lantalucy
I will dive again at Koh Haa again tomorrow. I don't expect anything better, but we will see and keep our fingers crossed.
Later this evening I will listen to this coral conservation talk on a resort on the island. These guys are actually planting corals around Koh Lanta and I think that it's very interesting. I hope to learn from it and in the future hopefully help them to plant some corals. I'm planning to tell you guys some facts about corals in the next post. See you later!
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