Sea Turtle
Spinner Dolphins
Fish
Rob
Fish & a Sea Turtle
Rachelle & Cousin - Self Portrait
On Wednesday, Cousin, Rob, Sarah and I went on a snorkeling tour with Z Tourz. After some basic instruction, our captain, Ray, drove us out on a 24-foot Zodiac raft. Our guide, Clyde, then got in the water with us and pointed out wildlife of interest. Our first stop was off Baby Beach. In this spot there was a ton of cucumber coral and many tropical fish. On the drive to our second spot we came across a pod of about 50-75 spinner dolphins. We stopped for a while to watch the dolphins swim and jump by the sides of our raft. At the second snorkel spot the main attraction was large sea turtles. This was my favorite. In the Caribbean I snorkeled and saw many tropical fish. In San Diego, while whale watching with my parents, we saw hundreds of dolphins in a pod. Also in San Diego, my friend Kevin and I spent one morning feeding and playing with dolphins in the Dolphin Interaction Program at Sea World. Sea turtles are something I’d never come into contact with before and they were amazing.
When we got home we hung out by the pool and then went out to dinner at Mi Casita in Koloa for Cinco de Mayo.
See also:
» Snorkeling in Kaua’i (oFoto Album)
Previous Hawaii Posts:
» Hiking the Kalalau Trail on the Na Pali Coast
» A Drive to the North Shore of Kaua’i
» Smith’s Luau - Kapa’a, Kaua’i
» Cousin
» Spouting Horn & Laiwai Beach - Koloa, Kaua’i
» La Playita Azul - Kapa’a, Kua’i
» Brunch at the Hyatt Regency Kauai Resort
» Our Condo in Poipu, Kaua’i
» Airports
6 responses so far ↓
1 Ed // May 16, 2004 at 8:31 pm
Truly awesome, Rachelle. Dolphins usually come in the lineup when I’m surfing, but I can only imagine how cool it is to snorkel next to them in clear tropical blue waters.
Hey quick question - did you get an underwater casing for your camera or did you just digitize pics from a disposable?
2 rachelleb // May 16, 2004 at 8:55 pm
we had 3 underwater disposable cameras that we got developed onto CDs. and to clarify, we weren’t actually in the water with the dolphins, they were swimming next to our raft so we shoved the camera in the water and took these photos. we were in the water with the turtles and fish though.
3 Richard // May 17, 2004 at 12:56 pm
You saw way cooler stuff than we did when we went snorkling in Jamaica. The best we saw were a few sea stars, rays and jellyfish.
4 Allen // May 17, 2004 at 10:17 pm
Cool photos…
AL
5 rachelleb.com // Jul 17, 2005 at 4:22 pm
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