Fishes underwater, cormorants above water, bound by all the blue shades of Cretan waters
This is the new episode of the reportage Crete:Kingdom of Candia. Click each picture to open it full size. Previous episode(s):
1. Once upon the time in the Kingdom of Candia
2. Gramvousa ochre and turquoise
4. Go West: Falassarna shores of Crete
5. Balos lagoon, a royal beauty
6. Balos, all the colors of water
7. Visitors (or not) in the Mediterranean Sea
8. The only good nation is Imagination
Underwater, while snorkeling 1 km away from the shores of Agia Fotia (Lybian sea), non human eyes gazed at me.
A turtle was behind me: Caretta caretta first time encounter in my life.
I followed its trail, with its slow and peaceful underwater cruising
It pointed to the surface to quickly breath air above the surface…
…and then it disappeared in the blue abysses south of Fotia
This is the new episode of the reportage Crete:Kingdom of Candia. Click each picture to open it full size. Previous episode(s):
1. Once upon the time in the Kingdom of Candia
2. Gramvousa ochre and turquoise
4. Go West: Falassarna shores of Crete
5. Balos lagoon, a royal beauty
6. Balos, all the colors of water
7. Visitors (or not) in the Mediterranean Sea
The variable underwater panorama of Crete. Shallow waters and morphological richness make snorkeling in Crete a unique experience at every dive.
This is the new episode of the reportage Crete:Kingdom of Candia. Click each picture to open it full size. Previous episode(s):
1. Once upon the time in the Kingdom of Candia
2. Gramvousa ochre and turquoise
4. Go West: Falassarna shores of Crete
5. Balos lagoon, a royal beauty
6. Balos, all the colors of water
7. Visitors (or not) in the Mediterranean Sea
This year snorkeling surprised with many encounters I supposed not usual in the Mediterranean sea. Common species of Red and Indian-Pacific seas were not rare in the Greek and Libyan sea of Crete in 2022
Sea urchins with very long (mildly venomous) needles
Red Lionfish (venomous, too) on both north and south shores
The good old, local Octopus
A delicious, Mediterranean cuttlefish
Barracuda, also (?) common the Mediterranean sea
This is the new episode of the reportage Crete:Kingdom of Candia. Click each picture to open it full size. Previous episode(s):
1. Once upon the time in the Kingdom of Candia
2. Gramvousa ochre and turquoise
4. Go West: Falassarna shores of Crete
The Lybian (South side of Crete) and Aegean sea (North side of Crete) are rich of sightseeing points for snorkeling. Warm waters and emerging rocks along the shores allow long and diverse observations of underwater fauna
This is the new episode of the reportage Crete:Kingdom of Candia. Click each picture to open it full size. Previous episode(s):
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