whale shark

Exciting & Sustainable Whale Shark Tours in Southern Leyte by Peter’s Dive Resort

Posted on March 7, 2023

With nearly 2,000 whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), the Philippines is home to the world’s second-largest population of the ocean’s biggest fish. The tropical archipelago is one of the best places in the world to swim with whale sharks — locally called butanding in Tagalog — in the wild. Growing to lengths of up to 18 meters long, they are magnificent but docile leviathans that feed on shrimp, zooplankton and small fish. Whale Shark Tourism in the Philippines Whale shark tourismRead More→

Swimming with Whale Sharks (Tukî) in Oslob, Cebu

Posted on December 31, 2011

A juvenile whale shark comes up to the surface to feed While whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), locally known as tukî in Cebuano, are occasionally seen in Visayan waters, it’s only in recent months that a group has been sighted frequently off the southeast coast of Cebu. Almost a dozen animals have checked in off the coast of Oslob since October 2011. While most of them are 12 to 15 feet long juveniles, a large adult measuring over 27 feet inRead More→