Each on occasion, people are in the best place on the proper time to seize surreal moments in nature. A gaggle of divers lately acquired so fortunate. Whereas diving off the coast of Bonaire, an island within the southern Caribbean, a guided group witnessed a beautiful sight—a sea turtle swimming into a big bait ball (a big swarm of fish). One diver caught footage of the scene.
“Fortunate divers acquired to witness a turtle casually swimming proper right into a baitball—like one thing out of a documentary!” wrote PADI in its Fb publish sharing the footage. The video credit score goes to Sijbrand van ‘t Oever, a dive grasp working in Bonaire.
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Oever shares unbelievable underwater movies on his Instagram account, however one thing about this video actually struck a chord, attracting virtually 400,000 views. In a publish sharing the same video, he wrote that that is “nature’s underwater ballet at its most interesting.”
The silvery fish shifting in unison, mixed with the cobalt-blue water and the serenely swimming sea turtle actually make it onerous to look away. In truth, the footage is sort of mesmerizing.
See attractive footage a diver captured in Bonaire right here:
Right here’s one other video from Oever’s web page with a sea turtle and a bait ball:
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