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Whale Sharks?

Santiago - 8-28-2005 at 09:06 AM

Have the whale sharks made it to Bahia de Los Angeles yet? I didn't see any mention of it on Gecko's web-site.

Sorry about that, Santiago...I'm okay now. Here's your whale shark.

Pompano - 8-28-2005 at 01:36 PM

Johnny Tequila took this photo for me in the summer heat of 1990...Coyote Bay, Bay of Conception. It swam underneath his trimaran and he got a short ride jumping from his Zodiak.

I will try to behave.

Thank you

bajajudy - 8-28-2005 at 02:02 PM

Felipa
Please hit that delete button

Pompano - 8-28-2005 at 06:05 PM

I did. Sometimes he is a little too...Pompano.

bajajudy - 8-28-2005 at 06:08 PM

Muy buena chica!
Gracias

Ken Bondy - 8-28-2005 at 06:21 PM

Doc is usually pretty good about reporting them on his site when they are there. As you said, Santiago, his current "Camp News" doesn't mention them but the current one is almost a month old (dated August 1). Maybe someone from Bahia knows. Some are usually there by late August. It has been my experience that October is the best month.
++Ken++

capt. mike - 8-29-2005 at 06:20 AM

oct?!! best weather AND whales sharks too?!

i'm there. really i thought it was more a summer months thing.

Ken Bondy - 8-29-2005 at 09:53 AM

Mike
Doc told me that they are there as early as June and as late as December. He said the population seems to peak in October. I have been there twice now to photograph the whale sharks, once in July, once in October. That's not a very extensive sampling, but I can confirm Doc's observations. There were many more individual sharks in the bay in October.
++Ken++

Paulina - 8-29-2005 at 11:10 AM

We were there Aug. 16-20, and no sign of the whale sharks. We did look, and ask around, but they were so far not to be found.