But seriously you guys. I got ready for my dive this morning, pretty psyched because TCI is always amazing. We got all our gear, got in the boat, and set out for The Arch: a dive site featuring, unsurprisingly, a coral arch. The first part of the dive was great, lots of cool fish, relaxing and peaceful. We knew whales were in the area, but we thought they were much farther out. Since sound travels so well underwater we could hear them if we were quiet, but we were mostly focusing on the fish.
Suddenly one of the guys in my group started freaking out, and we all turned to look where he was pointing. At first I was looking too close, looking for a barracuda or a shark or something, and then I saw this white outline farther away in the water. At first I couldn't figure out what it was, but then I started thinking, "Wow, that really looks like the flipper of a whale!" Then our dive master started freaking out and screaming underwater, and we all started freaking out, and it was a WHALE!!!
We basically screamed for the entire boat ride back, just shouting about whales. We saw them spout a couple of times on our way back, and the intern who was boat-sitting while we were down there saw two of them breaching. When we got back to the dock no one believed us at first, but then they were just super jealous.
BECAUSE WE SAW A FREAKING WHALE.
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| In case you forgot what a whale looks like. This picture is from the internet. |
WOW! That is great! Do you know what kind of whaleit was? I saw a Hammerhead shark when I dove off of West Caicos a few years ago. I also had a chance to swim with a pod of wild dolphins on the same dive. Best dive I ever had!
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