Dag 106: Jaws of Death!

"Give me a reefshark" i say to Rebecca my dive instructor when i board the Ocean Freedom. I've heard the stories of the other divers at the live aboard, but i didn't see any. She doesn't promise anything, but she says that will see what she can do.

We're just 5 minutes down during the second dive of the day, when Rebecca hits my head. I was looking in the wrong direction again. 3 meters behind my back a beautiful Reefshark slides through the water. I am amazed. But the dives becomes even better when we swim around the corner and see two whitetip reefsharks chased by an agressive Giant Trivalli. The reefsharks are swimming quickly around this small piece of coralrock, trying to find a hiding place. All this is happening 3, 4 meter in front of us. Rebecca claps enthousiastic in her hands, she gave me a double portion of reefsharks. Her mission is accomplished!

But the story doesn't end here. In the afternoon we are snorkeling at Upolu cay, 3m shallow and sandy place. And i see a giant Sting Ray, the kind that killed Steve Irwin. It is huge, its an alien flagship. A little blue spotted sting ray besides it. When i am starting to get tired i swim back to the boat and spot three beatufil unicorn fish. I am just hanging in the water and what you think that slides just below me: another reefshark. What a day!

When we are back in Cairns, i asked Rebecca how they called the second diving place. "Jaws of Death" she replies. She must have made that up.

The white tip reefshark