Diaries of statia -
Barracuda
August 11th
Ok so i’ve gone snorkeling a few times with josh since I’ve
bin here. Usually we go somewhat far out to what we just call the shelf. Its
kinda just like.. a shelf haha but
there's always a whole bunch of big colorful fish. Its super cool! Apparently
there hasn’t been sharks here for like 50 years or more so I feel a little bit
safer. And the feeling of just floating around and seeing into the water is so
great!. so ya the first time I really didn’t want to go because josh told me there
might only be sting rays or eals.. ya only!?? When we were about half way out I started freaking out a little and we almost didn’t go, buut ya we ended
up going to the shelf.. where we saw a
freakin sting ray of course. So we go regularly now. Hannah’s too scared,
she must be really really scared because I thought I was scared. I don’t
even feel like myself going out cuz its so against being me. Haha well
anyways we just kind of go out by or past the shelf where it's around 15-20 feet
deep, and he points out sand dollars and I dive down and get them. They're super
fragile! On the first day we went out and the first couple I got just crumbled
in my hand.
Well today was an interesting day for snorkeling.. Josh and
I went out with joel wolsey (also a statia medical student) so we were just doing our sand dollar thing and then we caught up to joel and he
was pointing at something. You know at the beginning of nemo? When that long ugly
fish with the teeth eats nemos mom and all his brothers and sisters!?. Ya
that’s what joel was pointing at. A barracuda. It was just a couple feet away
from us. Because our island doesn’t have any sharks or anything, they say to
avoid barracudas, cuz they can be super aggressive and are really dangerous. Ya
panicking! And just the way it was floating there looking at us. Honestly, not
one of my favorite moments. So ya anywhoo.. I was hiding behind joal and josh
and it swam away after a few minutes but came back a couple times. Mhmm surprised
the water around me didn’t turn yellow..
I think I might take a little break from snorkeling for a
few days.
- Statia diaries
