Descend. Relax. Marvel. Surface.

A single Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) glides over the coral wall towards the tanker resting in the darkness below. This wreck has been up side down for over 60 years. In the 15-meter visibility both ends disappear in the gloom. A goatfish scours the hull for food, stirring up puffs of silt. Damsels dance around the propellers. Above on the top of the wall a mantis shrimp digs furiously in the sand. A large Yellow-mask angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon) plays hide-and-seek among encrusted pylons hanging off the wall. There, too, a Yellow-spot slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus sp.), an undescribed specie, flexes its extendable jaw. Above some rubble, a male Flasher wrasse, also an undescribed specie, pulsates his ornate fins to impress his harem. Endemic Orangeback wrasse (Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis) swim frantically in mid water, gobbling plankton. That was part of this morning?s relaxing, marvelous first dive.