We decided to do a wall dive off the coast of Conception Island (southeastern Bahamas). We gathered our gear and selected a spot on the west side of the island just south of Conception Creek where the sea floor at 60 feet dropped over a wall straight down to about 300 feet and then sloped off to thousands! We donned our gear and descended along our anchor line to 60 feet. Then we proceeded to the wall. At around 80 feet Denise was gazing off into the deep blue of the steep slope while Don poked around in the coral on the wall. All of a sudden, Don sensed a creature peering over his left shoulder and he turned his head to find himself face to face with a Bottlenose Dolphin – about 6 inches from his nose!!! Don immediately started clicking away with his Canon.
Photo ©Don Bermant
Then Denise turned about and saw what was going on!
She swam towards the Dolphin and the Dolphin swam towards Denise!!
Together the Dolphin and Denise swam back over to the sea floor at 60 feet and started this little dance! Check it out.
This went on for about 15 minutes during which the Dolphin went to the surface 5 times to get air before coming back down to play some more. It was an unforgettable experience. We started running low on air so had to surface as well. Here is a final shot of the Dolphin leaving us. Stay tuned to this site for the videos from Denise’s GoPro.
