McNulty - 8-9-2009 at 10:02 AM
For those who would like to see Whale Sharks, Bahia is the place to be right now. One morning last week, when heading out to go fishing around the
islands with Marv and Gail, the engine on their inflatable suddenly died about 3/4 of a mile out. It just so happens that the area where we were
temporarily stranded was chock-full of Whale Sharks, about 7-8 of them. We obviously weren't getting out of there anytime soon, so I hopped into the
water with my camera in hand and swam with them for about 30 minutes. I thought I would share some photos and a little video from the encounter. The
engine did start again eventually, but of course that wasn't until we had paddled most of the way in, a hundred yards off the beach to be exact. Its
funny how that happens... 
Video-----> http://vimeo.com/6014265
karenintx - 8-9-2009 at 10:07 AM
McNulty...in the right place at the right time...Good for you.
Great pics and thanks for sharing them. Seeing and hopefully swimming with whale sharks is on our "bucket list"!
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Russ - 8-9-2009 at 10:20 AM
Very cool! Had to look at your Wedge shots too. Great!
fdt - 8-9-2009 at 10:27 AM
Wow, fantastic!
Crusoe - 8-9-2009 at 10:40 AM
Thanks for the great pics. Those are the kind of expieriences that one will never forget. So vivid. ++C++
ELINVESTIG8R - 8-9-2009 at 11:31 AM
Darn that was great video footage! Thanks for sharing.
desertcpl - 8-9-2009 at 12:31 PM
really great,,, years ago off of La Paz,, while diving the sea mounts,, a whale shark came right up to us,, very impressive
Debra - 8-9-2009 at 10:48 PM
Thanks............great video! Whomever is in that in the footage looks exactly like my son Brendan.
monoloco - 8-9-2009 at 10:57 PM
Beautiful!
Oh, this is so cool !
Mulegena - 8-9-2009 at 11:13 PM
I wanna go swim with the whaleshark, too!
Mick from Cortez Explorers Scuba Center in Mulege is there right now with his two young daughters. Wishing them good luck to have such a fabulous
experience as you've shared with us.
Thanks so much... glorious!!!
TheColoradoDude - 8-10-2009 at 12:02 AM
Absolutely amazing!
whale sharks at BOLA
bonanza bucko - 8-10-2009 at 06:46 AM
We have a place at Gonzaga Bay and we have seen more Whale Sharks this year than ever before. At Thanksgiving last year we had 30-40 of them in the
bay where we had never seen more than two or three before. They have stayed around too.
I have often wondered if the Mexican fishermen who work the Sea of Cortez catch Whale Sharks...I have never seen one caught. I know they are
protected but that sure doesn't stop the Pescadores from catching anything else...Totuaba for instance.
Maybe Whale Sharks don't taste good...hope so. They are just magnificent.
4baja - 8-10-2009 at 07:01 AM
those thing were all over down there in july allso. imagine if one day they acquird a taste for humans.
McNulty - 8-10-2009 at 07:56 AM
Even if they did acquire a taste for humans they couldn't do much damage. They don't even have teeth
shari - 8-10-2009 at 08:11 AM
Holey jumpin filter feeders...THAT is one of the many amazing things baja has to offer....thanks for sharing. Now if it werent so gall dang hot...I'd
be able to go check em out for myself.
Paulina - 8-10-2009 at 07:30 PM
Great photos and video! I kept telling Dern that we need to get an underwater camera.
A number of large orange buoys have been set out in the bay to remind private boaters to slow down to the suggested speed of 5mph to avoid hitting the
whale sharks. We saw a number of them with prop wounds, one with it's fin cut in half, another with the top part of it's tail flopped over.
Here's one that's met a prop;
Mexitron - 8-10-2009 at 08:29 PM
Nice pics! Brings back good memories of Gonzaga ages ago....
Ken Bondy - 8-10-2009 at 08:46 PM
Wonderful!! That tight head shot is particularly good, don't often get to see that detail. Great job.