After an exciting morning of scuba diving and snorkeling in the morning, and after a hearty lunch of veggie soup and cheese whole grain sandwiches, we went snorkeling again in the afternoon around three pm and it was such a beautiful day.

The walk from our dorm to the beach is a long two-minute walk, and I made that journey with a pep in my orange and black booties, and jumped into the bay. My roommates had gone out earlier than me so I just swam around and the first thing I saw was my familiar friend the spotted eagle ray burrowing in the sand. I scared him by my presence so he quickly scampered off. I continued with my snorkeling journey and swam towards three free-standing rocks and corals, and then couldn’t believe my eyes! There was just a small blue octopus hanging out floating in the water. I swam closer to him and he darted towards a little hole underneath the coral where he peaked his head out and watched me as I watched him. I swam free-style to my friends and splashed at them yelling that there was an octopus. They followed me back and our blue friend was still in his hole and we all marveled at him. I am looking forward to all the other ocean friends that I will make at Discovery Bay.

Small inquisitive  octopus hiding in a hole from some scuba divers while still peeking his eye out.

– Ana