Hammer-time

Yesterday, as i was checking the line for Boo, i saw the fish behaving a bit oddly, and as i checked the reef, i saw a large creature moving along it. Turns out that was a Hammerhead. So i let go of the line, swim a bit closer to make sure i wasn't BSing myself, and got back up to point others to it. Funny things happen with freedivers: tell normal people there's a shark in the water and they get the hell out. Tell freedivers and they dive under to go and check it out.

It was a magnificent beast, probably around 2 meters long. Sad thing was that it was very stressed, trying to find a way out of the Hole with all those scuba divers around. It kept scanning for the exit. If it had been more relaxed, i would have gotten a bit closer to see if i could touch it, but now i didn't want to add to its stress and kept some distance as it circled the Hole. When it finally found the saddle and swam over and down into the great deep, i was left i awe.

Even though diving is going very very shit, this one made the whole stay worthwile. It's the sort of encounter that i'll look back upon again and again for years and years. Very lucky.





Photo's thanks to Aleksej Patapenko