Scuba Diving with Whale Sharks

Near the island of Coiba in Panama, we went scuba diving and came upon two whale sharks, a mama (25+ feet) and a baby (12-15 feet). Though the video is short, they were swimming around us for quite a while. This was the coolest experience in the entire world.

Click on this link to Scuba Coiba's facebook page (where anyone can view) that has the video. If you listen closely, you can hear the humpback whales in the background. Though we didn't see them under water, we were able to see a few on the boat ride back to Santa Catalina on the coast. The picture below was taken on the same dive and shows Carolyn in the front of the pack.

I thought I'd add some photos of the neat hostel we stayed at in Santa Catalina during the scuba trip to Coiba as well as Coiba itself.

Here is the Island of Coiba, a nature reserve.  

The scuba crew.