Help Planning first Dive trip to Belize

[chillyinCanada]

Where's a good spot in Placencia for whale shark watching? are the Chabil Mar villas OK?

You can't see them from shore. It's a good 45 minutes or more out to Gladden Spit area.

The ocean delivers her delights at her whim. The whale sharks weren't coming around as much for a couple of years. I'm not sure about last spring.

 

[chillyinCanada]

You can't see them from shore. It's a good 45 minutes or more out to Gladden Spit area.

The ocean delivers her delights at her whim. The whale sharks weren't coming around as much for a couple of years. I'm not sure about last spring.

Thread 'Whale sharks 2025'

Dec 30, 2024

Once a year I do an update on whale shark sightings at Gladden Spit (years ago I did almost daily posting during the hale shark seasons in April, May and June). We are scheduling whale shark tours April 10 to April 20, May 10 to May 20 and June 9 to June 19 in 2025 but I need to caution you. In 2024 there were no whale shark sightings. In April 2023 there was one whale shark sighting and no whale shark sightings in May or June. In 2022, we did one whale shark tour in April and two in May (saw lots of bull sharks but no whale sharks). In 2021 we did three whale shark tours and saw a whale...

• Ralph Capeling
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• Forum: Belize