About 15 years ago I was in Bonaire, slowly poking around in the shallows. I felt I was being watched, and turned around. There were six squid in a curious triangular formation, one on the bottom, two above that one, and three above those two. They were about four feet away from me. We stayed looking at each other for fifteen minutes. As the squid drifted over different colours of coral and sponges they would change colour to mimic what they were drifting over. It was unbelievably cool.
On the Great Barrier Reef a black striped sea snake went by me at 85 feet.
On that same liveaboard, a baby Minke Whale played with us, diving under us, coming up, going back under.
At North Caicos Island, my buddy and I snorkelled for 1/2 hour with a wild dolphin the locals named JoJo. He liked snorkellers. He would swim beside us, within touching distance (but we didn't) and then zoom off, come back on the other side, zip under us, and so on. The dolphin would echolocate, and you could hear and feel the sound waves travelling through your body. At one point he went between my buddy and a coral head, seemingly redirecting her from hitting the coral. We swam up and down the beach until we were exhausted. He still wanted to play.
I saw my first Wolf Eel in St. Margarets Bay in Nova Scotia, and it was every bit as cute and ugly as they said it would be.
I was told once by a more experienced diver that the herbivores swim slowly over the reef, while the carnivores move quickly. He suggested to see more, swim slowly, like a herbivore, you will not be threatening. Whether true or not, it has worked well as a strategy.
On the Great Barrier Reef a black striped sea snake went by me at 85 feet.
On that same liveaboard, a baby Minke Whale played with us, diving under us, coming up, going back under.
At North Caicos Island, my buddy and I snorkelled for 1/2 hour with a wild dolphin the locals named JoJo. He liked snorkellers. He would swim beside us, within touching distance (but we didn't) and then zoom off, come back on the other side, zip under us, and so on. The dolphin would echolocate, and you could hear and feel the sound waves travelling through your body. At one point he went between my buddy and a coral head, seemingly redirecting her from hitting the coral. We swam up and down the beach until we were exhausted. He still wanted to play.
I saw my first Wolf Eel in St. Margarets Bay in Nova Scotia, and it was every bit as cute and ugly as they said it would be.
I was told once by a more experienced diver that the herbivores swim slowly over the reef, while the carnivores move quickly. He suggested to see more, swim slowly, like a herbivore, you will not be threatening. Whether true or not, it has worked well as a strategy.