A stunning video shows a snorkeler getting up close and personal with a huge whale shark.<br /><br />Ocean photographer and Maldives local Ismail Saif filmed the video on one of his trips off the coast of Ari Atol.<br /><br />The video shows Ana Cuadrado, 27, swimming side-by-side with the huge animal, estimated to be 10 metres long.<br /><br />Ismail said: "We do trips to see the whale sharks and I spotted it through the lens of my drone swimming gently on the surface.<br /><br />"The name of the whale shark is 'Fernando' and it’s not being tagged. <br /><br />"There were a lot of people around the whale shark for a good hour and then they got tired. <br /><br />"Ana and me were alone with it and this was when I had captured the video." <br /><br />Ismail said that Ana and Fernando had no physical contact and were just cruising through the water.<br /><br />The footage was captured on July 7.
