Who’d have thought?
We have less than a week to go on our big trip and we still manage to
have a ‘Top 10’ experience… today was an adventure on a boat for some awesome
snorkelling and a swim with a manta ray…
Here’s the excited family, waiting to board the
bus down to the marina
And here’s some cool kids just about to board the boat
A short half hour-ish trip brought us to our first snorkelling location on the inside edge of the reef
The water was crystal clear so the visibility was awesome and the coral this far away from town is still alive and vibrant. I thought it was one of the best snorkels we’ve done this trip… No fish photos to show but how’s this for a family photo?
Back on board and we headed a short distance further north to find ourselves a manta ray. We had three goes at jumping in the water and swimming alongside it. Unfortunately, there were no barrel rolls as the manta ray was in cruise mode, but it was still an awesome experience. Thankfully, the kids coped really well and had no trouble at all keeping up with this gentle giant…
Back on board once again for lunch while we putted along to our final snorkel location. We were one of the first groups into the water so we had to wait around for everyone else to jump in… so what better opportunity for some fun with the GoPro?
Another amazing snorkel took us to some deeper water where we found this massive cauliflower coral. Apparently it is a ‘cleaning station’ for sharks and turtles. The small cleaner/sucker fish live around this big lump of coral and so the sharks and turtles swim along and hover over it expecting to get cleaned. We were fortunate enough to see four grey reef sharks cruising around and around…
The deeper water meant an opportunity for some bigger
pelagic fish. We saw an absolutely
massive school of trevally and Aiden and I cruised past a school of barracuda. The snorkel eventually ended up at some
shallower reef where once again, the clear water and brilliant sunshine made
for awesome viewing.
And my last foot photo as the boat cruised for home was photo-bombed by an eight year old…
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