BOX OF CHOCOLATES

When you are heading out for a dive, wondering what’s in store, the words of Forrest Gump can apply: "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." In this instance it seems we got the whole box.

We started by descending right onto a pod of dolphins, then whilst exploring Groupers rock we were treated with the resident dragon moray, leaf fish, and the shy marbled snake eel. It was already shaping up to be an amazing dive, when we came across a pair of seagrass ghost pipefish on our way to Small Wall, doing their best to blend in. Drifting along the wall, out of the blue was a white tip reef shark, only a metre away. Just when we thought it couldn’t get any better, we found a tiny frog fish perched on top of his coral throne.

Diving just doesn’t get any better than this!

Posted: Mnemba Island by Ruth Murphy, Date: 9 September 2011