Unchartered territory - 12:26 pm

05 Nov 2009

Yesterday we went out on a boat ride with Stuart, one of the fishermen here on Vamizi Island. The boat we were on had an device that amazed me, called a chart plotter. We were keen to use this tool to get an idea of where the different reefs were, the depths of these reefs and the type of diversity we would find on them. This seemed simple enough, although four hours later we were still finding spots that would offer spectacular diving opportunities.

Vamizi Island has fifteen reefs that they frequently dive, but that is clearly just the tip of the iceberg - there is just so much undiscovered terrain here. While the boat was moving we followed on the chart plotter, traversing the bottom of the sea floor. After asking numerous daft questions I finally understood that the tiny dots above sea floor were actually fish, jelly fish, sharks, anything that bounced the sonar back up to the boat was recorded.

This entire place was just teeming with life! Viewing all of this from the top made me realize what a privilege it is to be able to dive; to share just an hour with these creatures, in their environment is so special. Life is thriving here because of conscious management and protection. This makes me so optimistic about the state of affairs because I am not in the furthest, most remote recess of the planet; I am in Northern Mozambique and loving life.
Leahb

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