Octopus

Octopus spotting

Octopus I went to St. Martin hoping to swim with turtles, so mission accomplished, thanks to Aure, Sally and Octopus Diving. But the real highlight for me became the octopus sightings. Tim was especially adept at picking them up… I usually only found them by accident, diving to take a picture of another fish and seeing the octopus change color.

Octopus The first day at Mullet everywhere we went up and down the left side, there were octopus. Under rocks, clinging to the side of rocks, others “out in the open” moving along, altering his appearance as he goes. It was wild. I’d still be trying to take pictures of the first one, and Tim is calling us to the new one!

OctopusI think they are the coolest thing in the ocean to see move…Over white sand, he goes all pale, over the rocks, he takes on the coloration of the rock he his over.

The last day at Mullet, as we were leaving the water,  we saw one in such shallow water, it was worth the trip just for that 20 minutes. He was so close you could reach down and touch him with your hand, without even diving. Maggie and I jumped back in to spend a few more minutes with him, it was such a unique thing.

Never knew that swimming with lots of octopus was on my bucket list, but I’m glad I got to move it to the accomplished side of the ledger!

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