Unfortunately, our hopes of diving with whale sharks have been dashed. I submitted a couple of quick inquiries to both Seahorse Divers and Ecologic Divers, hoping to get some nugget of good news about a September whale shark encounter. Alas, both agencies explained that the information I got from Ambergris Caye .org was inaccurate.

Brian Jr. from Seahorse sent me this:
September is not too good for seeing whale shark, and we are not offering any tours during this time. The best time to see whale shark are after the full moon in the months of March, April, May, and June. If you have any further questions please feel free to e-mail.

Turns out the information found on every other information source seems to be the prevailing truth about whale sharks; so much so that leading tour guides don’t even go looking for them after the second week in July. This is such a shame. Though the manatee encounter will be a touching, extraordinary experience for Lizzy and I, the chance to dive with the worlds largest fish would have been, literally, the encounter of a lifetime.

I suppose we will have to go back to Belize next March or April around the full moon pursue those massive spotted fish.