Maldives Trip Day 4 - Sea Turtle Sighting! by fiftysixnorth

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Maldives Trip Day 4 - Sea Turtle Sighting!
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On the morning of the 4th day we find ourselves at Malhoos. Check out this fancy map showing our entire route:
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Malhoos is point 7 on the map. This was the map in the canteen/restaurant area that got updated on a semi-regular basis as the trip progressed. I actually wanted to take picture after every day so you get a daily sense of progress but it didn't get updated regularly (person doing it is clearly not a blogger!) enough for that to work. 

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This particular dive had everyone excited afterwards. We were diving a hug reef wall that descended into the unknown depths (45m) which looked impressive as hell already... 
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.. but at this point we encountered a sea turtle! Strangely enough in all the dives I have done a sea turtle is something I have only come across in captivity. 
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So I was pretty damn excited when I spotted him clinging to the reef above me having a swim about. 
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Little did I realise that a few short moments later he would decide to swim right past me. Now remember, I shot all this at wide angle on the gopro, which means everything in real life was closer that it appears on camera.. That turtle swam so close to me he nearly brushed me with his fins.. If I was a teenage girl my squeals of delight would have gone ultra-sonic by now.. only batman and dogs can hear me, thats how excited I was! Teenage girls: no offence intended.

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After the sea turtle sighting we saw some pretty coral and stuff but really I was still thinking about that turtle and how much I wanted to get back to the boat and check out the badass footage I'd taken .. and whether or not the footage was indeed badass or if I had forgotten to press record, or took a great close up of my nostril...

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But No! Success! I filmed the turtle and the video footage was decently steady.. steadier than most of my videos to date.. so double bonus! 

See the full video footage of the sea turtle sighting here. Give it a spin, honestly.. the video is only about a minute long.. watch it:
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Check out the previous posts in this series:
1.[Maldives Trip - Day 1: The Epic Journey Begins!](https://steemit.com/photography/@fiftysixnorth/maldives-trip-day-1)
2.[Maldives Trip - Day 1: The Boat](https://steemit.com/photography/@fiftysixnorth/maldives-trip-day-1-the-boat)
3.[Maldives Trip Day 2 - Looking for Manta Rays](https://steemit.com/photography/@fiftysixnorth/maldives-trip-day-2-looking-for-manta-rays)
4.[Maldives Trip - Day 2 - Shark Encounter](https://steemit.com/photography/@fiftysixnorth/maldives-trip-day-2-shark-encounter)
5.[Maldives Trip Day 3 - Reef Exploration](https://steemit.com/photography/@fiftysixnorth/maldives-trip-day-3-reef-exploration)
6.[Maldives Trip Day 3 - Things don't go to plan](https://steemit.com/photography/@fiftysixnorth/maldives-trip-day-3-things-don-t-go-to-plan)
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@tattoodjay · (edited)
WOW that is so cool to see one in the wild so up close and personal, 
The video is spot on top class

And seeing somehting like that so close, squeals of delight is a perfectly acceptable response :)
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@fiftysixnorth ·
haha! Thanks :) I'm glad to know my excitement was justified. It was amazing to see, I really do think sea turtles are one of the most beautiful creatures in the sea :)
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@tattoodjay ·
Yes I d think you may well be right although I do have a soft spot for dolphins also even have a few of both Dolphins and turtles in my tattoos 
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@bescouted ·
Hey! Here is the beauty :)) Amazing creature :) So unique :) And it would be quite hard so squeal underwater, you'd also kill all the sharks lol
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@fiftysixnorth ·
Stunning isn't it? and he really didn't care at all, he just swam right through the group :) Also, its a good thing you can't actually squeal under water, I would not want to kill any sharks! :)
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@bescouted ·
It is, they do not see people as a threat under water at all. Just like human blind almost :) I am glad you've been lucky to spot them, and that it came in so close :)
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Thanks as always @pixresteemer :) I greatly appreciate your support :)
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Amazing series, thank you so much for sharing it with us!
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Thank you :) I'm happy that you are enjoying it :)
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