This is the moment divers stumbled across an extremely inquisitive whale shark.

The footage, filmed on April 4 2017, shows divers come face-to-face with a 19-foot whale shark at Delsan Wreck in South Atoll, Philippines.

"It was super inquisitive, it stopped dead in its tracks to check us out and circled me twice while I filmed," says filmer Richard Stevens, a regular diver who runs Black Manta Photography from his base in Orpington, on the outskirts of south-east London.

"You can see the scale of this majestic creature with the scuba divers close by - as a rough guess I'd say this was around 6-7 metres in length so still plenty to go. You'll also notice the chunk missing from the tail - we presume this may have been caught by one of the tiger sharks patrolling the area, although who knows?"

We returned from an amazing 3 week trip diving the waters of the Philippines.
One of the trip highlights has to be the juvenile whale shark we saw on 2 consecutive dives at Delsan Wreck on the South Atoll whilst diving from the Discovery Adventure.
It was super inquisitive, it stopped dead in its tracks to check us out and circled me twice while I filmed.

You can see the scale of this majestic creature with the scuba divers close by - as a rough guess I'd say this was around 6/7 metres in length so still plenty to go. You'll also notice the chunk missing from the tail - we presume this may have been caught by one of the Tiger sharks patrolling the area although who knows?

A magical moment shared with an amazing group of friends