Jambo, Jambo!
Had another good day yesterday, especially with far better weather. We launched at around 1100hrs in the Melia with our small tagging crew of Volker and I and also 21 hopeful whale shark snorklers. Also two other boats (Unique and Tinga Tanga) following behind. Seas and winds were very mild but they picked up a bit just after noon. Mike spotted one shark pretty far south of Chales Island and in deeper blue water at around 1230hr. We headed that way and soon found it...put the snorklers in first and then after several tries to get close to it afterwards we were able to tag it. No other sharks seen there or enroute back to Kinondo until Mike ran low on fuel and landed for the day at around 1430hrs. So, total tagged is now 10.
Soon after arriving back at Pinewood we (Nimu, Volker, David and I) packed up and hit the road in Nimu's Landcruiser to head north to Watamu. Arrived around 2000hrs at Hemingway's Resort and had a brief meeting and planning session with Garry Cullen, the managing director of the resort which is sponsoring our stay, and Steve Curtis, who runs a recreational diving business in Watamu and is supporting our tagging efforts with boats. Rob Dodsen also just arrived......Rob is providing aerial spotting support in his microlight. Tomorrow morning we head out to begin the search around Watamu.
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