Where can I snorkel with Whale Shark (summer)?

What is the best place to snorkel with whale shark in North America?

By best I mean the water visibility for photography.

Thanks!

I will chase some up your way. Alaska I hear is a good place........

However remember it's best to swim just in your speedo's as it will be easy then to keep up and free dive to take pics.

Here are some WhaleShark video grabs we got last year in Alaska

Kelly my partner shot them while snorkeling.

Alaska? Are you kidding?

Caribbean sounds more plausible.

If you want a sure thing, go Galapagos in June - July.

Try Holbox in the mexican caribbean...July-August...

There is a place in La Paz called Club Cantamar. They use an ultralight plane to spot whale sharks for the dive boats. The water is very warm in the summer and the vis. averages around 60". Go on their websight and check it out.

You can also check out the scubaboard forums under the travel section for Mexico. Pedro from the Cantamar resort is very good about answering any questions about diving the area. His user name on that forum is Cantamar.

We are going there in September...Good luck!

I think he asked for good visibility as well. Dive masters out of La Paz tell me that they do well in the spring. June I think. But that the vis. is poor. Makes sense as the plankton is what brings them in. I've dove La Paz a number of time late summer or early fall. I've never seen a whale shark there. But several times that time of year "the boat that was there yesterday" did see them.

Looks like Holbox is the best place, can anyone recommend some good operators?

From what I've seen so far the price difference is huge ($500-$1500 for 5 day trip)

Looks like Holbox is the best place, can anyone recommend some good operators?

 

From what I've seen so far the price difference is huge ($500-$1500 for 5 day trip)

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To go to Holbox and to dive the cenotes with an impossible to improve fun and good spirits try to contact Pepe at:

Playa Dive Center

Avda. 35, Nº 286 entre Constituyentes y 20

Colonia Gonzalo Guerrero

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Tel: +52 987 30478; +52 987 77801

playadivecenter@yahoo.com

See one of the many dive chronicles about diving with them:

http://www.forobuceo.com/phpBB2/viewtopic....2647&highlight=

from an spanish scuba forum...If you don´t speak spanish just look at the pics...