OK, so there might be a little hyperbole in the title of this blog, but there certainly was a giant tuna.
Day 2 of my diving adventure with Just Diving in Mauritius saw Gill.I.Am join me for a couple of plongees (that's french for diving). I had agreed the day before with Olivier to ensure that the diving was pretty fluffy for Gill - she has trouble equalising.
With that in mind the guys had arranged for us to travel across to Coin de Mire to dive "the wall". If you look at the picture from the island The Wall is on the left of the island.
Before, while being briefed, Olivier had explained that there was cleaning station frequented by large Tuna. I was skeptical I've been to many cleaning stations where, well, nothing seems to happen. So my expectations were low. However, as well as beautiful topography topside which continues under the waves the site is encrusted with coral and the usual assortment of reef fish.
We plopped in close to the shore and began working our was down the wall during slack water. Eventually once were down at around 31m as we came round a large rock I saw a large shadow swimming away from me. Machu our guide for the dive signalled to stay low and wait. Then around 30 seconds later the Tuna reemerged from the gloom to have its teeth cleaned. We watched. It was definitely big perhaps around 2-3m and with the exception of a whale shark in Mexico the biggest fish I've ever seen.
On our second dive we did the same dive again but from the opposite direction. It felt different and this time it had a very pleasant current running allowing for a nice drift amongst the corals. I think Gill.I.Am enjoyed it.
Unfortunately, I had forgotten to pack the camera.
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