Soothing video of the undersea world at Roatan
Island (Isla Roatan), Honduras. The sky was cloudy and it drizzled occasionally,
but we were wet in the water anyway and didn't care. Best news was there wasn't any
wind on this side of the island, and no waves either. And the snorkeling was
fabulous.
This is a combination of three videos that I took.
The first segment I took above a wall that dropped about 40 feet. After I came
up a school of blue fish came swimming by. Unfortunately I was out of breath and
couldn't dive back down on them for a close up.
The second segment is a close up of one of the big blue fish. Gorgeous color. It
tried to hide under a small overhang, but it wasn't too deep and I dove down to
it. I had to be careful not to crash into the coral while trying to stay below,
keep the camera relatively still, hold my breath, and not pass out from my
oxygen-starved brain.
The third segment is above another stand of coral. Towards the end I dive down
on some LSU-colored tropical fish. Were these a sign that LSU was going to be
national champs? Nah. They were just some pretty little fish just hanging out on
a Friday morning.
I wish I'd had a scuba tank so I could have stayed down longer and captured more
of the sights. If I ever get a chance to go back, I'll jump on it.