Turtles of Sakatia Island
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 12 Aug 2019 23:47
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A Snorkel with Some of the
Turtles of Sakatia Island
   We spuddled
over in Baby Beez to the buoyed area that protects the turtle feeding
ground. Morning and afternoon see many tour boats arrive from Nosy Be and the
resorts on Sakatia. We chose lunchtime and had the place pretty much to
ourselves. We tethered our steed to one of the buoys and off we went. The little
patches of mostly hard coral showed nothing out of
the ordinary so we went in search of grass.
  Within a few
minutes we saw our first chap.
   .......and another.
 Such a gentle giant, unfazed by us.
 Time to head up to take a breath.
      A couple of big
breaths at the surface.......
   ........and back down to graze once more.
      Amazing how
adept they are at using their enormous
flippers.
 A much smaller chap.
   So well camouflaged.
 This chap had a
damaged rear left flipper.
  Taking of
camouflage – spot the green fish. After counting nine
turtles we headed back to Baby Beez passing another coral patch.
 A gang of fish were taking shelter.
 Although they seem to flap so gently, I really struggled to keep up
with this turtle just before I left the water.
ALL IN ALL SUCH GENTLE
GIANTS
REALLY
AWESOME |