Another day of snorkeling! Had a filling breakfast, watching the cloud cover over Scotts Head and Cacacrou, where we were snorkeling this morning. My iPhone forecasted the clouds to clear at 9am just in time for our excursion.
It’s a short 10 minute drive to the isthmus separating Cacacrou from Scotts Head on the mainland. We stored our towels etc on a ledge and then backed into the water.
The cloud cover was starting to break over us, although we could see it pouring rain over the resort.
Almost immediately we saw some baby squid! Another good start to a snorkeling day! We swam out to the drop off and then followed that to the edge of Cacacrou. The lighting was amazing especially in the shallow water near the edge. I thought there might be waves or currents dashing us against the rocks but there was nothing at all. It’s one of the smoothest bodies of water to snorkel in ever.
We came close to the Atlantic side of Cacacrou where the water became choppier, so we turned around.
On the way back we came across dozens of reef squid, about 20cm each in length. They were all in a row, facing the slight current so they could filter for food. It was really cool. We were too busy to watching the squid to notice that our guide was calling us. We finally heard him, and swam over.
Our guide (Weefee) had spotted a reef octopus which had scurried under a rock. He explained that it was just watching us, and after it got comfortable it would swim out.
So we waited about five minutes, treading water, watching the octopus. Finally it came out, moving itself along the bottom sort of half swimming / crawling. This was cool!
We followed it for about 3-4 minutes, before it disappeared under another rock. I got a few pics, although none with all eight arms. It changes colour to blend into the background so the pics aren’t that picturesque - just beige over beige. But still, an octopus!
That ended another successful snorkeling excursion. We were glad we had booked a guide rather than just heading out our own, as we would have missed the squid and octopus.
We stopped in at the same snackette in Soufriere for a chicken roti and then drove back to the hotel.
The rest of the day was similar to yesterday, relaxing, watching the birds etc.
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