
as soon as I get in, boom, those colours

and right of the beach, straight away spot a sting ray

beautiful

the way it just glides past you

and another one on the other side of me, you can just see Belle's feet at the top of the photo

question, if anyone can answer, why do some rays, like this one have a super long tail, but others, like his friend above, have a shorter tail. Is it an age thing or a gender thing

India trying to keep up with the ray, and how awesome is the colours

Belle also trying to keep up, and just loving the clarity of this salt lagoon water

awesome

not just rays here

Blue water and blue skies

the current underwater is pretty strong from a larger swell breaking over the reef, so we walk up the beach's northern end and get in again

and looks like we caught up with thiose 2 rays again

Belle above

see how the front one's tail is shorter compared to the earlier photo of the second one which has a way longer one

girls not keeping up ( I have flippers on )

we walk up again, a bit further this time

and a lot more coral at first

posing or swimming

Belle just spotted a shark, do you see it ?

there it is

not a big one, but big enough to take a bite if it wanted to

India excited, was high on her to do lists for this Tahit trip

Thumbs up from Belle. And we got to do all of this without paying some guide or going on a tour, no this is free at one of the public beaches in Mo'orea, just put your sunblock on, get your snorkeling gear and get in the water.