Swimming with whale sharks in the Mexican Caribbean

Swimming with whale sharks in the Mexican Caribbean is a very safe and fascinating activity, every year from June to September the largest living vertebrate mammals do not love to visit the warm waters of the Mexican Caribbean, right off the island of Holbox, which is located in the northern part of Cancun. This is a full day activity; the boat trip starts very early in the morning, finding the whale sharks can take around two hours, time that will give you the chance to enjoy the ride and maybe see dolphins, turtles and rays. Once we see the whale sharks, you will jump into the ocean with a tour guide, although the whale shark moves slowly in the water, you need to kick fast in order to stay close to it and witness how wonderful and amazing the fish is.

At The Fives Hotels & Residences we can organize a tour to swim with whale sharks in the Mexican Caribbean and create a unique experience to meet your expectations from comfortable suites through a once-in-a-lifetime activity.

The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest known living fish in the world, the average size of an adult is about 32 ft (9.8 m) and 20,000 lb (9 t), it is truly a huge fish, and its mouth can be 4.9 ft (1.5 m) wide, containing between 300 and 350 rows of tiny teeth, but they do not use their teeth for chewing, because they are filter feeders, while swimming, they simply open their mouth, pushing water and food into the mouth, then they close it and the water is expelled through the gills; they feed on plankton, including fish eggs, crab larvae, squid.