On Tuesday morning we boarded the Atlantis Submarine for a diving adventure into the sea! Since I can’t swim and therefore snorkeling is out of the question for me, we sat in a climate controlled submarine and went to a depth of 150 feet!
This was a very cool experience. We were tendered out to the submarine and had to climb down the hatch from the top of the sub. Once inside the submarine has large porthole windows for viewing sea life. Just hovering at the surface we saw several types of fish. Then they closed up the hatch and down we went! We saw many types of fish, lots of coral, which looks completely boring in our pictures. But coral is very colorful if light could reach it.
There were two shipwrecks to cruise by, which are providing homes to many schools of fish and star fish. We even saw a sand shark sleeping by one of them! They are one of hte only types of sharks that have a bladder that allows htem to stay submerged. Other sharks must keep swimming (everyone sing along — just keep swimming, just keep swimming…). We saw Dory fish as well on our tour of the ocean. No dolphins or whales, but lots of fish, and it is the closest I can come to scuba diving or snorkeling so I loved it!