Saturday 18 June 2011

Floreana - Diving with Sea Lions




On Wednesday, June 16 I went on a dive trip to Floreana Island with Daniel from the yacht Saba. The photo shows Daniel getting buzzed by a curious sea lion and a pair or sea lions kissing that were obviously in love or practicing for it. We had a 5:30am early start for the trip but it was worth every minute of it. Unfortunately Ian had to get up early too to drop us both off at the dock. The water temperature was surprisingly warm around 24 degrees celsius so still very comfortable. We saw big schools of fish on the dive, green turtles and loads of rays. Unfortunately we didn't spot any red lipped bat fish although this was the place where they usually hang out. I really enjoyed the visits from the curious sea lions as they played with the divers. I also took some video of the sea lions playing with the divers in the group.

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