A day + 10 - 10 December - Sailing in the Whitsundays

The day started with our bus pickup at 8h10, so an early wake up was needed. For this day we had booked the excursion to go to the Blue Pearl Bay in Hayman island. According to a Canadian couple we previously met on the train from Neranga to Brisbane Domestic Airport two days ago,that was the best spot to snorkle in the fringing reefs of the whitsundays at the time.

The boat that would get us there was Maxi Ragamuffin, a World Class Racing Maxi Yatch.



The weather was not looking great and we even had some showers in the morning. There wasn't much wind so we just sailed without motor for about 30 mins but is a great feeling listening only the waves and the wind. After a while, when we got enough distance from the mainland the weather got better and a nice sun shone on us! We were sailing to sunnier "pastures"!







And here was our Skipper, George, and one of the crew , Emma




After about 1h30 we arrived to Blue Pearl Bay and by then we already had the snorkeling gear and the stinger suits.




The water was much more clear than the day before and we had about 10m visibility. There was no sand at the beach of the bay only remains of coral and small rocks



The snorkeling was very good and we spent 1h30 on it!
Here is a picture of me snorkeling from your perspective




And herenis Filipa swimming with the fishes that followed us everywhere.



The reason for us having a personal escort of a school of fish was they were waiting to be fed by the guys from the boat and, when they did it we couldn't see anything since we became completely surrounded by fish!



Here are some more of the fishes we saw there:









There were also amazing corals and giant clams





And we were even lucky enough to spot a turtle near the beach feeding of the coral. We have a lot of pictures of the turtle since it simple ignored us!







It was a great day with an amazing snorkeling. We then had a nice lunch aboard of the ship and sailed back home. The crew was amazing always explaining things to us and ofering sunscreen all the time for us to avoid a nasty sunburn. We highly recomend this excursion to anyone wanting a relaxing day and dive in the Whitsundays!

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