Whalesharks

Gregory Sweeney · Issue 125, Mar/Apr 2022 · pp. 40–45

Products mentioned: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Nexus housing, Canon EF15mm f2.8 Fisheye, Canon EF16-35mm f2.8, Canon EF17-40mm f4L, GoPro

If you are planning to get away this summer, there is no better place than Isla Mujeres, Mexico in the Cancun area to combine unique and exciting whale shark encounters with a fun and vibrant beach vacation. The annual aggregation of hundreds of whale sharks to the waters off Isla Mujeres is the best place in the world to snorkel with full sized gentle giants granting encounters with multiple whale sharks and giant manta rays. Scuba, Mayan ruins, cenotes, beaches and fishing are all easily combined with the high quality in water experience of snorkeling with whale sharks. After years of difficult travel, Isla Mujeres is ready to offer a quality destination with easy travel. Whale sharks can be found in all tropical and warm-temperate waters. The fish are largely pelagic, staying in the open ocean and thus, chance encounters with whale sharks in many diving locations are possible, but ext…