30 - Diving and boobies

In this episode we explore some beautiful deserted soft sand beaches on the west side of Yasawa Island, Fiji, then continue eastward. Our goal is to get to the town of Savusavu on the large island of Vanua Levu. Savusavu is a good spot to reprovisioning, so our intent is to get there to provision prior to making our way down to the remote Lau group. On the way, we decide to divert to the Namena Island marine reserve where fishing is prohibited. As a result of the regulations marine life is much bigger than in other areas of the Pacific where we have done dives. There's so much life here around the coral pinnacles it's astounding, and Kevin was able to swim right down into a school of large Sweetlips....who didn't seem scared at all. After two dives at Namena, we carry on toward Savusavu. In this area there are lots of boobies. The sea bird that is. They seem to enjoy using the motion of the boat mast as a playground to test their skills....approaching the antenna on the top of the mast and touching it with their beaks! They also were curious about one of the fishing lures we were towing, and one of the boobies got its leg hooked up in the fish hook. Happy ending though...we managed to reel it in an remove the hook from the leg without injury to the boobie, which flew away to rejoin its copilots. Thanks for following! Video captured on a Samsung Galaxy S10 phone, and by a GoPro 8 (any underwater shots). Music downloaded at https://filter.one Video edited by Jea, using Adobe Premiere Elements. Visit us at http://www.onfilandtime.com/