17Gladden Spit, Belize
Perhaps best known for the famous Great Blue Hole, Gladden Spit is also known for its local sharks. Visit in the
months of April, May or June and you will be able to go snorkeling or diving with a great whale shark. It is reported by those in the know that during these three months the whale sharks are in the best of moods.
The official whale shark season starts a couple of days prior to the full moon and ends 10 days after (during the months of March, April, May, and June.) There are diving and snorkeling options apropos to all levels of experience too.
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I would try it too!
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those are nurse sharks…. all throughout & bahamas….safe to an extent- don’t mess w them & they will leave you alone.
we had a guest claim he was a marine biologist & said, ” Nurse sharks don’t have teeth!”♀️
He stick his hand in the water and shook it around and the nurse shark/ friendly; stripped his finger to the bone♀️ It was his own fault, the babies were even lined up on dock waiting to be petted. Helicoptered him out!!! 2 well charter, he played less than 24 hours.
This was at a private island called compass cay that you can only get to buy boat. There are large and clear warning signs to not do such stupidity…. Instructions on how to deal with the sharks.
Mind you there are all kinds of sharks down there but the nurse sharks predominate the low level waters.
Some kids on a dock at another island close by caught by accident a lemon shark with some bait on a rope….. My captain had to make sure it swam to safety and got released.
In 2008, I took a cruise around Tahiti on the Tahitian Princess and signed up for an excursion to swim with sting rays so we were all out in the water playing with the sting rays & our Tahitian guide was dumping bloody chum in the beautiful water & all of a sudden a dozen white tipped reef sharks started swimming towards us & all of us silly tourists started screaming & trying to climb back up onto the boat, but our guide laughed at us & said “don’t be scared, they won’t hurt you… you can pet them!” It was really amazing & so unexpected… they felt like leathery sand paper! I highly recommend that cruise!
You showed a lot of places with whale sharks. There’s so many species, branch out a bit! For example, I went swimming with Black-Tipped Sharks in French Polynesia.
Thanks for your story and support! I think snakes are like that too in that people think they feel like one thing but they feel like something else.
Yes, I am aware that there are different kinds of sharks. But to be fair, I did not choose the 20 places lol I just wrote the article. Thanks for your comment.