© Rob Roberts
This past week the fishing charter Tight Lines took some video of a waterspout and a huge whale shark which were spotted about 20-30 miles offshore of Sarasota.
It's a rare event to see both, but in two days in a row is amazing. For the past several days now there has been several sightings of waterspouts. With the weather pattern expected to stay the same on Saturday we could see more as the storms push ashore.
This past Wednesday Captain Rob Roberts and his clients were offshore about 25 miles when a waterspout formed and began heading right toward the boat they were in. Capt. Rob took out his cell phone and snapped a photo and then took video of this amazing sight.
A day before they were about 28 miles offshore of the Suncoast when a huge whale shark approached. This time the Capt. took out his go pro and captured this incredible est. 30 foot gentle giant known as a whale shark. They have been known to visit Suncoast waters during the summer, even I had the chance to see one about 4 years ago. In the video you will see several cobia swimming around and under it.
Another great sight sent to PIX@mysuncoast.com was a giant sea turtle crawling back into the Gulf after laying her eggs on Longboat key a couple of weeks ago. The video was captured by LBK resident Nancy Seder.
Captain Scott Moore was vacationing near Boca Grande this past week and saw a baby sea turtle making it's way into the surf. The captain captured the amazing video of a baby hatchling swimming into the Gulf. If you see something interesting please send it in to PIX@mysuncoast.com
