Photograph by Hiroya Minakuchi, Minden Pictures/Nat Geo Image Collection
I saw flying fish! They truly fly. I didn't know they live around the Canary Islands until 5 min before the boat trip and thought what are the odds of actually seeing them. Welp I saw them at 3 different occasions. Fuck yeah flying fish!
This photograph was taken in El Hierro, at a depth of 9 meters. Source: Gobierno De Canarias
The whole trip I was snorkeling every chance I got. I saw so many different kind of fish, I can't even list them all; mostly grey some blue, all really cool and then I saw this massive red fish. They were magnificent. The males are boring grey, but the females are this beautiful red. As its relatives, this parrotfish starts as female and then changes to male. Right when I got on the boat I made a sketch of them and noted down the color and once I had internet connection I looked them up. I fucking love parrot fish now, it is from now on my favorite fish.
But not as favorite as Cuttlefish. A beach close by is filled with their bones (exotic pet owners know what I mean haha). I wanted to see one so bad and I got very lucky and saw one one just 3m under me. It was absolutely beautiful, I just wanted to dive down and look at it closer. In a split second they can change both their color and pattern.
A school of trumpet fish swam by us. My instructor said he didn't see such a big group in weeks. They looked really creepy ngl, but I'm also really fascinated by them. I really liked the ones hiding in rocks, just poking their head out. What more to say about the fish; Long noodle.
Source: Gobierno De Canarias
Another amazing colorful fish. I saw some of them monching on some algae really close to the beach, but also many of them in water near rocks. What more is there to say they are absolutely stunning.
This is just some of the marine life I saw around the Gran Canaria. I might make a part two. I can't wait to go back in few years and do some actual diving. This vacation was truly dream come true, especially after I saw a cuttlefish :33












