Maldives Day 9

Dolphin Snorkeling 💙

We were a little apprehensive when we booked this excursion, worried that it may involve coaxing, feeding & encourage reliance on humans but it was exactly the experience that we were hoping for.

We set off early at around 9am and embarked on an hour's bumpy speedboat ride out towards the lagoon where the dolphins congregate.

When we finally arrived, our guide told us that we would search for the dolphins, and jump in with our snorkel gear once we see them. The first few times we saw the dolphins swimming in the distance, jumped in but we were either too slow or the dolphins swam too deep and we couldn't see them.

After an hour of searching, jumping and repeating, we hadn't had much luck and were running out of time. Even seeing the dolphins from the boat, swimming in the distance and watching their fins dip in and out of the water was enough for me so I was still delighted with our lot. Naturally, searching for wild animals is never guaranteed!

We'd just started our journey back and the boat stopped and the crew started shouting to 'jump quick!!!'. We scrambled to the side of the boat and flopped over the edge. The next 10 minutes were magical! There were 20+ dolphins around 15 ft in front of us, twirling, spinning and joyfully singing as if they were putting on a show for us! Craig and I clutched each others hands as we watched in awe (I was literally squealing with excitement hoping the dolphins might take it as applause hah!).

Once the beautiful creatures had gone we rushed back on to the boat (as we were already late) and we took the best seats at the front of the boat for our journey back with our guide taking a picture of us as we passed the capital city Male.

We are still pinching ourselves today and can't believe our luck. Possibly the best day our lives (non sport related, of course ⚽)Read more