Semita
Contributor
Hello Board,
Just got back from diving in the Sapotillo Keys (Honduras and Belize) and wanted to share an experience which was amazing!!!!
It was about 10:00am and we were half way to the Sapotillos Keys in Belize. We were coming from Cortes, Honduras working our way North East to the Keys. One of the boat crew pointed out something up ahead ad yelled out "Sail Fish". As we got closer and closer we viewed a big grey "thing" that was emerging from the water. We first believed it was a whale shark as those are common in the area but as we got closer and closer we were amazed as we saw that it was a WHALE!!!! a huge 35-45 feet, grey, beautiful and amazing whale.... YES a freaking whale!!!!
we got to almost 15-20 feet away and it parralled the boat. We were able to take two quick pictures (which I will share as soon as they send them to me) and a small video.
I have to tell you....we had some experienced people in the boat and none of them had seen a whale in that part of Honduras- Belize waters.
As we all gathered our thougts some people mentioned that it look like a Sperm Whale....there were three things I remember clearly...the color which was a shinny and dark grey, a hump towards the end and a big head.
I looked up Sperm whales on the internet and they look very very very similar to what we viewed today.......the weird thing is that those are not commonly seen around these waters.
After it passed besides the boat it took a quick dive and swam away....
The experience was incredible...I am still stunned. If anyone can validate the fact that these wales are seen on this areas please let me know.
Just got back from diving in the Sapotillo Keys (Honduras and Belize) and wanted to share an experience which was amazing!!!!
It was about 10:00am and we were half way to the Sapotillos Keys in Belize. We were coming from Cortes, Honduras working our way North East to the Keys. One of the boat crew pointed out something up ahead ad yelled out "Sail Fish". As we got closer and closer we viewed a big grey "thing" that was emerging from the water. We first believed it was a whale shark as those are common in the area but as we got closer and closer we were amazed as we saw that it was a WHALE!!!! a huge 35-45 feet, grey, beautiful and amazing whale.... YES a freaking whale!!!!
we got to almost 15-20 feet away and it parralled the boat. We were able to take two quick pictures (which I will share as soon as they send them to me) and a small video.
I have to tell you....we had some experienced people in the boat and none of them had seen a whale in that part of Honduras- Belize waters.
As we all gathered our thougts some people mentioned that it look like a Sperm Whale....there were three things I remember clearly...the color which was a shinny and dark grey, a hump towards the end and a big head.
I looked up Sperm whales on the internet and they look very very very similar to what we viewed today.......the weird thing is that those are not commonly seen around these waters.
After it passed besides the boat it took a quick dive and swam away....
The experience was incredible...I am still stunned. If anyone can validate the fact that these wales are seen on this areas please let me know.
