Turtle and Fish having dinner

5 years ago
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A Sea Turtle and her fish friend enjoys this meal together at Cozumel. I shot this during a very clear day, and the water had some 30m+ visibility and temperature around 28 degrees C. This footage have no filter or post production, and the water is actually so blue, that is almost purple. I approached this turtle, and it was just eating, and didn´t feel bothered by my presence there, wich was absuolutely amazing. One of the best dives I have ever made. Cozumel offers you lots of different dive styles. You can go to little caves, make a drift dive, a reef dive, you can always find one that suits you. As I was reef diving, I saw one of my first lemon sharks, he was pretty aggressive, as we were in his territory, but nothing to worry about, and once we left his domains, he kept minding his own business. My favorite dive there was the drift dives. You go to around 15m or 45ft and just let the current take you. It feels like you are flying above the reefs, you just open up your arms, and let it go. Good bouyancy control is key here, as you don´t want to be scratching the bottom, neither rising to the surface during the dive. The boat follows the bubbles and is always ready to pick you up at the end of the dive. This shot was taken during such dive, and as the current was pretty strong, I had to struggle a little to be close to the turtle feeding as she was behind a pretty big rock, so there was no current hitting her directly. The little caves, I was in one called devils throat, some restrictions are around 2m or 6ft wide, wich is pretty narrow if you are not cave trained. The formations are amazing and filled with life, many different fish and some barracudas are on the surroundings of each formation.

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