I do not really thought to go back one day, but luck is with me. And it is mainly thanks to Genevieve that I could go back. WE diving, good company and coatché. Departure at 06h Saturday sunrise on Noumea, superb. Branch's pass Uatioa on board the catamaran Fountaine Pajot marco. We leave to wet the pass outside the reef. There is a good swell, and the outward current is downright hard. And splash, the water is 21 ° to the surface. After having weighted, you have to head to the bottom for clinging to rocks, just to avoid being carried away by the current! And a nice hop manta twirls in the pass. We are on the coral carpet is in a field of giant sea fans. Magic!
cons By dint of struggle against the current I whistled the 3 / 4 of my bottle, you have to think back because there is a level to be met, given the depth (-40m). But it will not be enough! On landing, clinging to the chain of the boat, we are shaken by the undertow. With each coming and going, I pulled the arm when the chain is stretched! And I have more air! No way to trace the bearing did not finish! Fortunately, Jennifer is here, with 2 valves and a bottle of 15l. Saved. We all
back on the boat. And one lane on the island Ua, in the middle of the 5 islands.
one in this season. The colors are beautiful water. After lunch though tough, we landed on the island.
On the white sand, one can see traces of striped knits (local sea snakes) that are out of the water to digest sun.
Tour of the island on foot while the girls are highly motivated, returning to the water on the reef to catch jumpers (shell-like cones). This is a specialty marco (captain and chef!), Prepared soyou, lemons and onions, a true delight!
restorative After a good night, we leave this time to pass Kouaré. It protects itself from swell the lagoon side, history of being less shaken yesterday.
We follow the beautiful reef gradually lead to the pass. After passing through a forest of sea fans, here we are in the middle of the pass. A superb line leopard can be approached. It contemplates good for 5 minutes. It's magic! The current is strong here too. It is time to rise gradually. Look, a turtle, then 2. Beautiful ballet.
Lunch
well sheltered in the folds of the Great Barrier Reef which surrounds New Caledonia. The sun is still in the game! And the colors are gorgeous! A feast for the eyes! Only small "disappointment," we have not seen the shadow a whale, yet it is the beginning of the season. They come into effect at that time to give birth and raise their baleinot in the sheltered lagoon.
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