Diving with Whale Shark - Villa Park Sun Island - Maldives- Ari Beach Beyru- Kuda Rah Thila
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Scuba4families was ecstatic to dive with a Juvenile female whale shark at dive site Ari Beach Beyru, on the South Ari atoll in the Maldives. It was the last 5 minutes on our 3min/5m safety stop when she glided literally right past us. Whale sharks are the largest fish in the ocean!.They can process more than 6000L /1585 gallons of water per hour through their gills. As filter feeders whale sharks have tiny teeth, to pass small fish, shrimps and plankton through. Cruising along near the surface of the water with their large mouths agape as they look for plankton. Each whale shark can be identified by their spots on both their underbelly and back. We noticed this whale shark had two triangular shape parts missing on its tail - perhaps from a shark so we named her 'Shark Bite'.
The perfect day of scuba diving starting with the magnificent Kadu Rah Thila which is a top 5 dive in anyones log book. Circled by 1000s of Blue Striped Snapper, Trevalleys, Giant moray eels, anemone fish, long fin banner fish, black triggerfish and incredible sea fans on overhangs. It's how I picture a healthy reef - from apex predators (black tips) on the fringe, jacks, snappers, to the smaller banner fish, surgeon fish, damsels in the centre. Don't forget to look out for the curtain of sulphur bubbles before you ascend.
The second dive site where we saw the Whale Shark was Ari Beach Beyru which in its own right is an amazing dive site. On that one dive we saw two hawksbill turtles, feeding on the sloping reef wall on sea sponges. With blue triggerfish and eels there's plenty to see.
Thanks to all the leaders at Diveoceanus and a shout out to #azym_ali
Whale Sharks... insane!!! ❤
Good video - well done…
0:41 is actually a silvertip shark, which is a much rarer sighting than a whitetip shark👌🏼
And kuda rah thila is one of my favourite dive sites - looks like you had a great trip. Congratulations 🥳
Thanks for your positive comments Daniel 👍also that’s great that it was a Silvertip will have to update the next one 🙏it was magical !
@@scuba4families447 No worries, and for spotting silvertips in the future, they are easily mistaken with grey reef sharks (so have quite a chunky body) and you can differentiate them from the grey reef sharks by the additional silvery/white markings on the pectoral, dorsal and tail fins - silvertips also are a bit more skittish in their behavior. Whereas a whitetip shark is usually a bit more slender in shape. Good luck for your next sightings 🦈👍🏼
Great to know thanks
How many people are there with you and your daughters on this diving adventure, than just the one guy we see you all with on the boat? Also, which divers are you and your daughters? Pretty beautiful from some of the scuba diving on your backs. It would be interesting to see the Whale Shark with Remoras. Looks hurt on it's tail, by it looking as if it has scratches.
Yes there were about eight divers there. Think the tail had shark bites on it unfortunately.