Snorkeling at Hog Cay

Yesterday we went snorkeling at Hog Cay with Shiera from Gemeaux. She is an avid snorkeler who goes out every day. She had talked about seeing octopuses—I looked it up and that is indeed the correct plural of octopus—and I very much wanted to see one. In the five years we have been snorkeling in the Bahamas we have never seen an octopus and we weren’t even aware they were here. Shiera’s way of snorkeling is quite different from ours. We usually look for coral heads and then use the look bucket to check for colorful fish. If we don’t see many we don’t bother. Shiera snorkels very slowly near ledges and even over grass and sand, as well as coral and looks for all kinds of wildlife. She pointed out tiny fish called blennies that hang out on the coral and an octopus that was hiding in a hole and had a blue tint at the time. I saw an octopus on my own and it, too, was hiding in a hole. I tried to point it out to George so he could get a photo but he wasn’t able to see it. George and I were both delighted with our experience. Not only did I see two octopuses but we now have a whole new way of experiencing snorkeling.