Graptolite - Snakes & Whales

Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Fri 6 Jun 2008 21:11
19:03.29S 169:55.54 Thursday 5th June on a mooring buoy off Alofi, Niue,
Pacific Ocean

The weather has been somewhat wet today but we put on wetsuits and air-tanks
and had a dive with hundreds of sea-snakes through a sea-cave. We have done
enough dives now to know this was something a bit special. As usual you will
have to wait for us to get good internet links for you to see the pictures.

Tonight's entertainment was a barbecue in the village hall. There was also
local chap (I think a noni fruit farmer) who gave us an excellent
Kiwi/Polynesian sing-along accompanied by banjo and ukulele.

While writing this, we got the sound of some very heavy breathing just off
the back of the boat. It must have been a whale. We got the spotlights out
but saw nothing. The whale watching season has only just started here.

M