Sea creatures for Tati

Hi Tatianna. I went back to the beach on Friday and went swimming in the ocean. You would love the ocean here. It's filled with all kinds of fish and coral and the water is so clear. At the edge of the beach is a coral reef filled with all kinds of creatures. I have pictures of just some of the fish I saw. There were lots more but I couldn't find pictures of them. My favorite was the octopus, I always wanted to see one in the wild. I thought he was a rock at first. Then his eye moved so I could tell something was watching me. When I got close to him he turned from a grey rock color to red. I guess he didn't like me getting so close to him. We watched each other for about 10 minutes before I swam away to see all the other fish. There were so many of them! It was like swimming in a fish tank.

I swam over the top of the reef and into the Red Sea. The bottom of the sea was about 70 feet below me but the water was so clear I could see all the way to the bottom. Fish were swimming in and out of the coral. I loved floating in the sea and looking at all the fish. Maybe someday you, Ullysses and Apollo can come here and go scuba diving and see all the fish for yourself.

Here's a picture of the octopus. He was pretty big . . .

Here's a picture of a clam. They are all over the reef. Some are small and others are pretty big

This is a daisy parrot fish. I watched a lot of these guys eating the coral. . .

These are coronet fish. They were about two feet long. They have long beaks with lots of teeth and when they swim the wiggle around like eels. They kept an eye on me and swam away when I got close to them. I didn't try to get too close because of all those teeth . . .

This is a picture of a surgeon fish. I saw more of these fish than almost any other kind. The picture doesn't really show how bright the blue and yellow colors are. They are very beautiful. You can swim right up to them and almost touch them.

Last but not least, here's a picture of one of the crabs that live on the rocks near the dive shop. They're about as big as a blue crab. I think they're very pretty . . .