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Every year I post whale shark sightings at Gladden Spit although there has not been much to post in recent years. We are scheduling whale shark tours April 23 to May 2, May 23 to June 1 and June 21 to June 30 in 2024 but I need to caution you. In April 2023 there was one whale shark sighting...

Every year I post whale shark sightings at Gladden Spit. There has not been a lot to post in recent years. This is the script I use to reply to whale shark inquiries. We are scheduling whale shark tours April 2 to April 12, May 2 to May 12 and June 1 to June 10 in 2023 but I need to caution...

For a number of years I have posted whale shark sightings at Gladden Spit on ScubaBoard (and did not get to do many posts over the past three or four years). I will continue to post any sightings and if you do not hear from me, that means no sightings. We still get lots of inquiries and...

Splash Dive Center will be scheduling whale shark tours in 2020 but I need to caution you. In 2019 there were no whale shark sightings. In 2018 we saw whale sharks on less than 1/2 the days we went out. You can check my postings on ScubaBoard for 2018 at WHALE SHARKS 2018 Our dates for...

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Every year I report on whale shark sightings at Gladden Spit and will do so again this year. We are scheduling whale shark tours April 19 to 30, May 18 to 29 and June 17 to 28. There is an earlier whale shark moon from March 20th to 31st but we do not take pre-bookings for that one as the...

Every year I report on whale shark sightings at Gladden Spit and will do again this year. At Splash, we are scheduling whale shark tours April 29th to May 11th, May 29th to June 10th and June 28th to July 12th. There is an earlier whale shark moon from March 31st to April 12th but we do not...

Splash Dive Center made its first whale shark tour for 2017 today, April 11. We had two boats in the whale shark zone and divers in both boats saw a 25 to 30 foot whale shark on the second dive. The whale shark came within 20 feet of the divers chasing the diver's bubbles thinking the bubbles...

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Killer Pics of Killer Whales In Belize’s Southern Waters posted (December 30, 2016) Print Yesterday, recreational fishermen and tourists who were at sea near Ranguana Caye off the coast of Placencia, saw an Orca whale leaping out of the water. It's called "full breach" where the whale jumps...

Each year I report on whale shark sightings during the full moon whale shark seasons in March, April, May and June at Gladden Spit. This year the dates are: March 23rd to April 3rd April 22nd to May 3rd May 21st to June 1st June 20th to July 1st The best months for whale shark diving are...

We are a few months away from the 2016 whale shark moon season but there have been some whale sharks spotted - this was posted on Splash's FaceBook Page: Just two days ago (January 21st, 2016) ... Another exciting day on the way to ‪#‎SilkCaye‬ ... About 6 ‪#‎WhaleSharks‬ ... Taking their time...

Rental cameras seem to take a beating, sometimes customers don't really understand how to care for a camera and sometimes they don't get good results. Does anyone have a view as to what is the best camera for a dive shop to use for rental?

Would be interested to learn what other dive shops and customers think are the best cameras to use as rentals.

Belize is one of the few places in the world where you can dive with whale sharks on a reasonably predictable basis. The whale sharks come for the snapper spawning aggregation at the time of the full moon in March, April, May and June with success rates being much higher in April and May. In...

Belize is one of the few places in the world where you can dive with whale sharks on a reasonably predictable basis. The whale sharks come for the snapper spawning aggregation at the time of the full moon in March, April, May and June with success rates being much higher in April and May. In...

Belize is one of the few places in the world where you can dive with whale sharks on a reasonably predictable basis. The whale sharks come for the snapper spawning aggregation at the time of the full moon in March, April, May and June with success rates being much higher in April and May. In...

While we at Splash Dive Center Belize do not promote whale shark diving for March as the frequency of sightings tends to be lower, we sent a boat out yesterday to see if we could find them. They were in the area but not right at Gladden Spit. The snapper were very deep so not the right time...

We have been using the Sherwood BRUT 7100 series and found it to be very reliable, rugged and easy to service. We would have been very happy to continue to rely on this reg. Sherwood has replaced it with the 9100 series Brut. What dive shops have experience with the 9100 and the 7100 and can...

I want to buy travel BCDs for my wife and I. As an instructor on surface, it is handy to be effortlessly vertical - but many BCDs tend to want to put you horizontal. Any recommendations on which travel BCD would be best?