John M
Super Nomad
Posts: 1906
Registered: 9-3-2003
Location: California High Desert
Member Is Offline
|
|
Swimming with whale sharks?
We'll be around the east cape early June - and my wife would really like to experience this adventure - is the time of year right? We'll be spending a
week or more in Las Barriles, would that be convenient to places where this is available?
John M
|
|
|
HeyMulegeScott
Senior Nomad
Posts: 690
Registered: 8-25-2009
Location: Orygone/Mulege
Member Is Offline
|
|
I'm no expert but I think they are in La Paz now and start to migrate North towards the end of February so early June you will be out of luck. Cabo
Pulmo is a great place to visit for diving and snorkeling at that time of year. Swim with bull sharks!
|
|
|
caj13
Senior Nomad
Posts: 998
Registered: 8-1-2017
Member Is Offline
|
|
I believe your best bet to see them at that time of year is probably Bahia De Los Angeles.
I highly recommend it, was lucky enough to swim with them in December in La Paz, absolutely incredible - but you have to get lucky there, the
access is highly regulated, and sharks may or may not cooperate. some days people wait for 3 - 6 hours just to get access to the area.
After research and asking local ex pats, i ended up going with La Paz VIP tours, excellent, especially the small boat with Maritza as the guide,
shes an actual marine biologist who has been studying this population of sharks for 6 years. That allowed up to peal away from the group of 5 or 6
boats chasing 1 shark, found our own, all to ourselves, remarkable experience!
so getting the right provider, and getting lucky on the timing, is the determiner of your experience.
here's a couple of photos, this was a 25 foot long whale shark, just a juvenile apparently, but the adults do not reside in the SOC (as I
understand it) last photo is the lunch the tour provided on the beach after diving with the whale sharks, then diving with sea lions as well
[Edited on 2-11-2020 by caj13]
  
[Edited on 2-11-2020 by caj13]
[Edited on 2-11-2020 by caj13]
[Edited on 2-11-2020 by caj13]
|
|
|
Santiago
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3499
Registered: 8-27-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
You might try posting this on Bahia de las Angeles FB page, some of the posters there are experts on the migration patterns and even have tracking
devices on some of the sharks.
|
|
|
chumlee57
Nomad
Posts: 133
Registered: 11-15-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
whale sharks
I just watched a show here called " Crossing South" it's on weekly here in San Diego and hosted by a Jorge somethingorether, but a good show, I
typically see it on KPBS. They just had a special on swimming with the whale sharks and it was in June or earlt July and in BOLA, I would follow prior
advice and contact folks in that part of Baja, good luck
|
|
|
BajaMama
Super Nomad
Posts: 1106
Registered: 10-4-2015
Location: Pleasanton/Punta Chivato
Member Is Offline
Mood: Got Baja fever!!
|
|
In my limited experience, the whale sharks show up in Punta Chivato the first week of June or so, so I would think Bahia Conception would be a prime
area for that time of the year. Use TempBreak to follow the chlorophyl and that is where they will be.
[Edited on 2-12-2020 by BajaMama]
|
|
|
Marc
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2743
Registered: 5-15-2010
Location: San Francisco & Palm Springs
Member Is Offline
Mood: Waiting
|
|
Jump in. BOLA in July.
[Edited on 2-12-2020 by Marc]
|
|
|
gnukid
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4410
Registered: 7-2-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
Whale Shark season officially closes in April in La Paz and opens in October.
[Edited on 2-12-2020 by gnukid]
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
