Pelagic Encounters

While weather in other parts of Indonesia is causing problems, this is optimal diving season in Gorontalo. Today’s diving featured close pelagic encounters. An old Hawksbill turtle gave a slow turn in a deep blue sea. A young Na.polean wrasse curiously tagged behind divers while a mature one lingered below. Closer still was a freneticschool of countless large trevally (jacks) feeding within meters of divers drifting in the current. Then a school of dozens of full grown Rainbow runners streamed between divers. Sailing by in the other direction were three White-spotted eagle rays. Add in countless schools of other fishes, dense coral and 25-meter vis: that’s a glimpse of diving in Gorontalo today!