Saleh Bay Whale Shark (salehbaywhaleshark.com) is an English-language travel guide with a request desk, under Juara Holding Group. It is not a tour operator, a government body, or a conservation organisation, and it does not run boats, rooms, tours or transfers. The name describes the topic. Local firms and other sites use similar names, and this guide is not connected with them.
Our interest. Requests through the desk can lead to a paid booking, so we have a commercial interest. Any fee, the price, and the company that contracts with you are stated in writing in an offer before you agree to anything. The site itself is not a contracting party.
Figures. Every price comes from a public third-party listing, with its source and the month we checked it. These figures are not our prices or offers. Fees and fares change, and sources sometimes disagree. Check with the provider before you rely on a figure or pay anything.
No guarantee. We do not guarantee availability, sightings, safety, weather, schedules, or sea conditions. Whale sharks are wild animals, and swimming, snorkelling and diving carry real risks. Nothing here is medical, legal, or safety advice.
Content is prepared by the Saleh Bay Whale Shark Editorial Desk. For questions, source corrections, or requests: WhatsApp +62 811-3941-4563 or bd@juaraholding.com.
Photo credits
Every photo on this site is a real photograph from Wikimedia Commons or Unsplash under its stated licence. Photos are illustrative and do not show a service or property of this site. Files were resized for the web.
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| A whale shark cruising just under the surface in open blue water. | Jeremy Jones | CC BY 4.0 |
| A freediver in open blue water alongside a large whale shark. | Oleksandr Sushko | Unsplash License |
| A whale shark seen from above in deep blue water. | Sebastian Pena Lambarri | Unsplash License |
| A whale shark passing over a shallow, rocky seabed. | naushad mohamed | Unsplash License |
| A close view of a whale shark's head and eye below the surface. | NOAA | Unsplash License |
| A whale shark at the surface in the western Caribbean. | NOAA Photo Library | Public domain |
| A whale shark filter-feeding on plankton at night in Thaa Atoll, Maldives. | Arturo de Frias Marques | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A young whale shark in the Indian Ocean. | Jérôme Paillet (IFREMER, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Centr | CC BY 4.0 |
| A juvenile whale shark feeding near the surface in Mexico. | Abhi Verma | Unsplash License |
| A whale shark at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico. | FGBNMS/Eckert | Public domain |
| The spot pattern on a whale shark's flank, photographed in the Maldives. | Jerome Paillet (IFREMER, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Centr | CC BY 4.0 |
| A whale shark swimming ahead of a school of silvery fish. | Heidi Bruce | Unsplash License |
| A whale shark with its mouth open just below the surface. | Olga ga | Unsplash License |
| A whale shark carrying remoras in clear blue water. | Nott Peera | Unsplash License |
| A whale shark reflected in the underside of the surface. | Jeremiah Del Mar | Unsplash License |
| A scuba diver alongside a whale shark in the Maldives. | Jerome Paillet (IFREMER, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Centr | CC BY 4.0 |
| A whale shark with its mouth open in La Paz, Mexico. | Matthew T Rader | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The gill slits of a whale shark at the surface in Mexico. | Sula Vanderplank | CC BY 4.0 |
| A whale shark under a rippled sea surface in the Arabian Sea. | Akasmita | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A whale shark swimming with a group of remoras. | Nott Peera | Unsplash License |
