A Virtual Guided Snorkel with Jo
A Reef Discovery Snorkel at Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita offers the guests an opportunity to join me on an excursion to a beautiful patch reef named Eau Bleu and learn about the marine life there.
The trip starts with a speed boat ride to the snorkel site during which time I talk about coral reef ecosystems and their inhabitants as well so some top snorkelling technique tips and safety measures.
Then it’s into the water…..
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We swim over branching Acropora coral with damselfish who keep a watchful eye on us.
Schools of damselfish and wrasse swim all around.
Anyone for a clean from the cleaner wrasse?
A lionfish searches for its prey.
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A sea star sits on the seabed.
The corals here display an array of colours. From brown, to yellow, pink and purple.
Chromis swim amongst the sea grass.
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Check out the bright red anemone with the Mauritian anemonefish nestled safely inside.
A moray eel, pokes his head out for a look.
An urchin attempts to camouflage itself.
At last we return to the boat and relax on ride back to the resort discussing what we saw and looking at identification cards.
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Over 230,000 species have been named and recorded living in the oceans, and we are still discovering and counting. 25% of these inhabit coral reefs at some stage of their lives, that’s a whole lot of species for me to look out for and makes every snorkel different and as exciting as the first.
