To temper our expectations, our dive master quickly told us on the boat that diving here was nothing like diving in Cozumel. However, after he found out where we got certified, he challenged himself to find us a two headed turtle. That he didn't succeed in doing, but he did definitely take us on 2 great dives...
We saw our first lion fish
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| Canon SD870 IS |
And a large southern stingray
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But the highlight of both dives were these guys. On the second dive, as one diver turned and look back at Maggie and I, he got really excited and pointed behind us. We turned around to see two huge fish swimming straight at us out of the blue. At first, I thought shark.. maybe because of their grey suits. But I quickly realized they weren't. They were nothing like anything that I had seen before. They looked very little like your run-of-the-mill fish and they swam in unison - almost as if they were attached to one another. They weren't afraid of us and swam right at us, waiting until they were only a few inches away before swerving to circle around and harass another diver. I was able to quickly snap this shot as they came straight at me...
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| Canon SD870 IS - two large remoras swimming straight for me |
With all the time they spent circling us, I was able to get 2 more decent pictures...
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| Canon SD870 IS - 2 remoras, with another diver not too far away to give a bit of perspective on how big these guys were |
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| Canon SD870 IS - Clear shot of 2 remoras as they swam past |
Back on board the boat, we found out they were remoras. One diver told us a story about how he had an encounter with a much smaller one on a past dive where it kept attaching itself to his neck. No way these guys would be able to attach to themselves to any of us... they were at least 2-3 ft long. Only things these guys would be sticking to would be larger sharks and whales...
Short video of Maggie freaking out after the remoras charged right at her...
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