We took advantage of some unseasonably warm weather to go swim with the whale sharks in the bay of La Paz. The visibility wasn't great but I managed a few shots with the point and shoot. They really are impressive creatures.

[RoxnDox]

By Puget Sound standards, your viz was really good Great shots, seeing these fellas up close is on my warm-water-diving bucket list for sure...

Jim

[monoloco]

By Puget Sound standards, your viz was really good Great shots, seeing these fellas up close is on my warm-water-diving bucket list for sure...

Jim

I just wish that my point and shoot had a wider lens so I could have got the whole shark in the frame. La Paz is a good place to see them, they hang out close to the city for months at a time.

[slowpez]

Lucky to have gotten that opportunity. TFS.

[Kerrowdown]

That must a fantastic once in a life time experience, wow.

Me, I just want to swim with wild dolphins in the wild.

[monoloco]

Lucky to have gotten that opportunity. TFS.

It is quite an experience, this one was a juvenile, they can get to 60 feet long.

That must a fantastic once in a life time experience, wow.

Me, I just want to swim with wild dolphins in the wild.

It sounds like you need to book a trip to Baja.

[zztopd]

your own experience partially imprinted in pictures, but most of all inside you.

Perfect.

[Kerrowdown]

It sounds like you need to book a trip to Baja

You may well be right.

I have tried to do it in several different locations around the world (swim with wild dolphins in the wild), but on my days, the dolphins didn't want to cooperate.

And you keep can keep that swimming with sharks nonsense.

[monoloco]

You may well be right.

I have tried to do it in several different locations around the world (swim with wild dolphins in the wild), but on my days, the dolphins didn't want to cooperate.

And you keep can keep that swimming with sharks nonsense.

Actually, the whale sharks are gentle plankton feeders and quite harmless.

[Kerrowdown]

Actually, the whale sharks are gentle plankton feeders and quite harmless

No I was thinking of those Great White buggers.

You get into this wee cage, the sharks hopefully stay on the other side of the bars, aye right thats just the ticket for me.... not.

[JimmyDranox]

Nice shots. Lucky you.

[Na Horuk]

Lucky you indeed! Must have been an awe inspiring experience, thanks for sharing

[Mike L]

Wildbook for Whale Sharks Photo-identification Library keeps a database of whale sharks sighted around the world for research and conservation purposes. They use the unique pattern behind the gills for identification of different individuals, if you submit photos of a shark already in the database you get history of where and when it was sighted, if it's a new entry you have the opportunity to name the shark - they will also email you updates anytime your shark is spotted.

[ausmoose]

These are the sort of shots where you definitely can't capture what it was like unless you were there. Or unless you had REALLY expensive equipment. Sounds like great fun though, and a great opportunity.

[monoloco]

Wildbook for Whale Sharks Photo-identification Library keeps a database of whale sharks sighted around the world for research and conservation purposes. They use the unique pattern behind the gills for identification of different individuals, if you submit photos of a shark already in the database you get history of where and when it was sighted, if it's a new entry you have the opportunity to name the shark - they will also email you updates anytime your shark is spotted.

Thanks for that, I'll check it out.