Today we had 2 house reef dives planned. First dive was at 10 and 2nd was at 1.
One of the cool things about our island and it's reefs? There are also 2 shipwrecks to explore (right at 100 feet). We went to them on both dives. Marine life highlights from today's dives included 2 marble eagle rays (link to video of them below), reef sharks & tons of fish! The current was a bit stronger on the second dive, so getting back to shore was a bit more of a struggle.
We also had night fishing on the agenda. We got to watch the sunset from the boat as we made our way to the fishing spot. The sunrises and sunsets in the Maldives are pretty fantastic! So the fishing... they do not use poles. They use plastic rings that just have the line wrapped around them. So when you catch fish you are manually pulling the fishing line out. Most of what we caught were red snapper, but there was a small baby shark caught, and one Barracuda as well. Guess who had the biggest catch of the day?! MEEEE!!!! A big Red Snapper! Much bigger and the line would be cutting into my hands as I pulled this guy out!! :P
One of the cool things about our island and it's reefs? There are also 2 shipwrecks to explore (right at 100 feet). We went to them on both dives. Marine life highlights from today's dives included 2 marble eagle rays (link to video of them below), reef sharks & tons of fish! The current was a bit stronger on the second dive, so getting back to shore was a bit more of a struggle.
We also had night fishing on the agenda. We got to watch the sunset from the boat as we made our way to the fishing spot. The sunrises and sunsets in the Maldives are pretty fantastic! So the fishing... they do not use poles. They use plastic rings that just have the line wrapped around them. So when you catch fish you are manually pulling the fishing line out. Most of what we caught were red snapper, but there was a small baby shark caught, and one Barracuda as well. Guess who had the biggest catch of the day?! MEEEE!!!! A big Red Snapper! Much bigger and the line would be cutting into my hands as I pulled this guy out!! :P
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