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    AUGUST

    This month brings the peak season of turtle activity on Sipadan, one of Malaysia's best diving locations, with high whale activity along Canada's coasts, the Indian Ocean, Australia, and the South Pacific.

     

    whaleshark3.jpgThe two month long Whale shark season starts in Seychelles, while it is the last month migrating Whale Sharks can be spotted in the waters off Tobago, the twin island to Trinidad, in the Caribbean Sea.

     

    August is also the last month to catch Whale Sharks, Hammerheads and Manta Rays in Mexico's Sea of Cortez.

    raggedtooth.jpgBook early to catch the end of the Oceanic Hammerheads off the coast of Fiji, and the Ragged Toothed Sharks in Aliwal Shoal, South Africa.

     

    Turtles

    sipadan.jpgSeptember is the peak season for Green Sea Turtle mating season on Malaysia's Sipadan island, where divers can encounter as many as ten turtles on a dive, swimming in the ocean looking for mates.

     

    Green, Leatherback and Hawksbill turtles continue to lay eggs in Costa Rica’s Turtugoero National Park, with Leatherback turtles laying their eggs on Tobago in August.

     

    Humpback Whales continue off Western Australia's Ningaloo reef, while it's the last month to see the amazing Minke Whales ends off of Eastern Australia's Great Barrier Reef, where the season for Humpback Whales starts.

     

    minkewhales.jpgMeanwhile, in Canada, Northern Right, Minke, Humpback and Fin Whales start to appear on Eastern Canada's coasts, with the last month to see Blue Whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence.

     

    Large numbers of Killer Whales (Orcas) visit the narrow channels on Canada's West Coast around Vancouver island.

     

    pilotwhales.jpgMassive whale action continues, from Humpback Whales off  Zanzibar, the Tanzanian island in the Indian Ocean, to Pilot Whales off Fiji's Vanua Levu island; to the arrival of Female Humpbacks and babies off of Tahiti.

    Humpback Whales starts to arrive off of Tonga, while Humpback Whales continue to nurse young on Madagascar's Isle St Marie.

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    Meanwhile, in the vast (yet to be confirmed with this official name) Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales continue to be spotted in South African and Australian bays.