The whale sharks are elusive and hard to see. We borrowed Patsy Verhoeven's skiff and went out into La Paz bay in search of them. Miles along the north east edge of the Mogote, we came upon two of them cruising the surface. There was a little bit of chop, the waves making it hard to see the sharks, except for their dark shapes and, occasionally, their dorsal fin or tail appearing above water.
The natural thing to do, in the circumstances, was to jump in the water to get a closer look. Shanna, Chris, Rani, and Ardy took turns swimming with the sharks...Marv crewed the boat. Staff on a tourist panga that had come out to watch the sharks lent us a face mask, so we were able to see well.
Amazing!!
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