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Creature Guide | Diving by Style | Meeting Mr Big

Hammerhead shark Meeting Mr Big
Creature Location Guide

There are so many factors to take into account when you are planning your diving holiday. For many people, an encounter with a large or unusual fish species or marine mammal would turn a great diving holiday into an unforgettable one.
The guide below aims to help you identify the most likely places to find the creatures you are looking for.

We can't guarantee that you will meet the creatures referenced below in the places and at the times listed (they haven't seen our list!!).
Just a very good chance.....

Good luck!


Choose your creature -

Whale:
Whale
January: Baja, Mexico: Saba : Hawaii
February: Baja, Mexico: Turks and Caicos : Saba : Hawaii
March: Baja, Mexico: Turks and Caicos : Saba : Hawaii
April: Baja, Mexico: Saba : Hawaii
June: Australia – Ningaloo Reef and Queensland
July: Tonga : South Africa : Australia – Ningaloo Reef and Queensland
August: Australia : Tonga : South Africa
September: Cook Islands : Tonga : South Africa : Australia
October: Australia : Tonga : South Africa : Cook Islands
November: Norway
December: Hawaii
Turtles:
Turtles
January: Australia: Ningaloo Reef
February: South Africa
March: South Africa
April: Belize
May: Belize
June: Belize
July: Costa Rica
August: Sipadan : Costa Rica
September: Sipadan : Costa Rica
November: Costa Rica : Australia
December: Galapagos : Costa Rica
Hammerhead Shark
Hammerhead Shark
January: Tahiti : South Africa- Protea Banks
February: Tahiti : South Africa- Protea Banks
March Layang Layang, Malaysia : South Africa- Protea Banks
April: Costa Rica : Maldives : South Africa- Protea Banks
May: Maldives : South Africa : Costa Rica
June: South Africa : Sea of Cortez : Costa Rica
July: Costa Rica : Sea of Cortez
August: Sea of Cortez : Costa Rica : Cocos, Mapelo Islands
September: Costa Rica
October: Canary Is.
November: South Africa – Protea Banks : Canary Is.
Bull Sharks
Bull Sharks
January: Costa Rica : Cocos and Malpelo Is.
February: South Africa : Costa Rica : Cocos and Malpelo Is.
March: Costa Rica : Cocos and Malpelo Is., : South Africa
April: Costa Rica : South Africa
May: Costa Rica South Africa
June: Costa Rica
November: Costa Rica
December: Costa Rica
Great White Shark
Great White Shark
April, South Africa
May: South Africa : South Australia
June: South Africa: Cape Region : South Australia
July South Africa Cape Region : South Australia
August: Australia :
September: Farallon Islands, U.S.A : Isla Guadalupe, Mexico
October: Farallon Islands, U.S.A.
November: South Africa : Farallon Islands : Isla Guadalupe, Mexico
December: South Africa : Isla Guadalupe, Mexico
Other Sharks
January: South Africa – Tiger, Zambezi : Canary Is. Angel Sharks
February: South Africa – Tiger, Zambezi : Canary Is. Angel Sharks
March: South Africa – Tiger, Zambezi : Canary Is. Angel Sharks
April: South Africa – Tiger, Zambezi : Canary Is. Angel Sharks
May: South Africa
June: South Africa : Turks and Caicos – Nurse sharks
July: South Africa – Ragged Tooth
August: South Africa
September: South Africa
October: South Africa
November South Africa : Red Sea
December: Canary Is. Angel Sharks : South Africa
Whale Sharks
January: Kenya
February: Andaman Sea
March: Australia – Ningaloo Reef : Andaman Sea
April: Belize : Andaman Sea : Australia – Ningaloo Reef
May: Galapagos : Tobago : Australia – Ningaloo Reef : Belize
June: Sea of Cortez : Belize : Galapagos : Tobago
July: Sea of Cortez
August: Red Sea : Sea of Cortez
September: Belize
October: Seychelles
November: Kenya
December: Kenya
Manta Rays
Manta Rays
January: Maldives : Yap
February: Maldives : Yap
March:Maldives : Yap
April:Maldives : Yap
May: Maldives : Yap
June: Sea of Cortez : Yap : Maldives
July: Maldives : Sea of Cortez : Yap
August: Red Sea : Yap : Sea of Cortez
September: Tahiti – Rangiroa : Yap
October: Yap
November: Yap
December: Maldives : Yap
Manatee
Manatee
January: Florida
February: Florida
March: Florida
November: Florida
December: Florida
Wild Dolphins
Wild Dolphins
January:Egypt : Hawaii
February: Egypt : Hawaii
March: Egypt : Hawaii
April: Egypt : Hawaii
May: Egypt : Hawaii Bahamas – Bimini
June: Egypt : Hawaii Bahamas – Bimini Azores
July: Egypt : Hawaii Bahamas – Bimini Azores
August: Egypt : Hawaii Bahamas – Bimini Azores
September: Egypt : Hawaii Bahamas – Bimini Azores
October: Egypt : Hawaii
November: Egypt : Hawaii
December: Egypt : Hawaii


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