I have been as busy as the one armed paper hanger over the past couple of days as in addition to having 5 boats out some days, Patty and I have family visiting for Easter so didn't get back to my computer until this morning (while waiting for family to shower before heading out to the airport).
Coraldream - at Splash we can do the photos for you and we have an underwater video camera so can do both for you if you give us a bit of notice. If you want to do any of your own, let us know that too as there are some specific regulations on photography in the whale shark zone - mainly related to use of flash.
Downing, when we do whale shark dives we normally do two, one in the morning and one in the afternoon - and if we don't see whale sharks in the am, we try again in the pm. Before I went into the diving business, I used to go out in my own boat and as I was not a tour operator, I would go early in the morning before the time slots controlled what boats could go into the whale shark zone. I saw whale sharks almost every time. The time slots are in the afternoon as conventional wisdom is that you are more likely to see them in the afternoon and later in the afternoon is better. My personal experience suggests that conventional wisdom is not too reliable, but the people who hold that view have a lot more experience with whale sharks than I do. We encourage people to come prepared to dive other sites and then monitor what is happening with whale sharks so as to maximize the chance of seeing whale sharks. If we get indications that are coming earlier or later, then we offer other dives to maximize the Belize experience.
Yesterday, Saturday the 23rd, the Splash tour saw 4 whale sharks, the day before they saw 5. We have a trip going out today.
Regards
Ralph
