I've uploaded a few pics from our whale shark trip before Xmas. Note this pics are thanks to one of the guys on our trip who had an insane camera setup. My underwater camera is but a mere toy compared to his dSLR with fisheye lens and dual strobe lights. We were literally nose to nose with them at times. Half my time I just tried to stay out of Andy's way so he could get these pics! I did get brushed by a couple of the sharks which was very cool.
To give it some scale, the woman in this pic is about 5 6 so I'd estimate this shark to be 15-18 feet. Not too big.
I should also make it clear whale sharks are filter feeders. Any teeth they have are only a couple millimeters in size. I don't think I'd be as cavalier if I had a white shark go past me like this!
We saw up to 15 different sharks on the trip and were able to tag 10 sharks (see the yellow tag) and get tissue samples and measurements from a number of them as well. A very successful trip.
