In the better to be lucky category
. Once upon a dive, a few years ago,during a day dive, I was with my buddy headed back to the shore at Cobalt Coast after a lengthy shallow excursion.. As we neared the dock ladder, my buddy signaled to me that there was an octopus out and about. I thought great, low on air, buoyancy being tested, low tank and all, but hey going for it and started hitting the shutter button. All of a sudden, the buddy frantically waving arms, here comes another octopus.This proved not to be a casual date, but an all out struggle as we watched one launch itself onto the other and proceed to drag it for yards across the reef. No deep breaths to be had, shallow sips, hitting the shutter button as fast as it would allow, screaming focus, focus,focus, into my reg, struggling to stay down, all the time avoiding the multiple sea urchins gathered in that area. It ended with the two octopus, tucking into dens within a foot of one another, staring me down. HUH? What did we just witness? Mating ritual? To me it seemed as though, the 2nd saw me as a threat, and decided to protect or claim it's mate and get her safely back to the den. Definitely one of those most memorable dives.
