We decided to go for a morning snorkel so we hired some stuff and jumped into the water at 8:30 am. The visibility wasn’t great as there was still a bit of cloud cover. We decided to swim around the rocks on the left hand side of the beach which was a bit of a swim. Half way there my mask started to leak which was such a pain. We managed to see a bit of marine life but when we got around the corner it got quite deep and as the vis was poor we couldn’t really see much. By this time I was getting really fed up having to clear my mask every few minutes and we had been out for over 30 mins already so we headed back. It was quite a long swim back which was great morning exercise!
We got back, had breakfast and I swapped my mask for a new one. We sat on the Internet looking into accommodation as today is our last day in Tanote Bay and we are going to go stay in Sairee Beach on the other side of the island or a few days. We researched loads of places for a couple of hours and got an idea of what side of the beach we should stay and which places were within our budget.
By now it was noon and we decided to go for another snorkel before lunch. The clouds had burnt off and the sky was blue. We waded into the water and the visibility was perfect.
Pete decided he wanted to do the jump off the huge rock in the middle of the bay so he swam over to do that – nutter!
We decided to just snorkel in front of the huge rock Pete had just jumped off. The coral and sea life here is amazing. We saw 4 black tip reef sharks just cruising around minding their own business. There were loads of fish of all shapes and sizes and we swam through a school of beautiful yellow fish and another school of tiny silver fish. We swam in and out of coral formations and at one stage found ourselves in what felt like a bowl or an aquarium as we were completely surrounded by huge coral reefs with a big hollow in the middle, there were loads of fish and something really big stuck its head out of a cave at the bottom but we didn’t get a good look at it. We were both too nervous to dive down for a closer look!
We snorkelled for an hour and then went for lunch at our resort restaurant. We bumped into the Israeli couple again so chatted to them for a while.
We soaked up some sun for an hour and around 4pm decided to go for one last snorkel. It was great. All the fish were feeding so there was a frenzy of activity under the water. When we got in a huge school of mixed fish started following us. When we stopped swimming they would just swim around us and then when we started swimming again they would follow us. It was really bizarre. We saw another octopus, more reef sharks, loads of fat sea cucumbers of all shapes and sizes, we saw a stunning looking blue spotted sting ray – it was grey with electric blue spots on it. Pete found a massive cowrie shell but we felt too bad to take it out of the water so we left it for crustacean to find and live in. A cheeky black fish bit Pete on his toe which was really funny!
We snorkelled for an hour and were exhausted when we got out. We showered and headed over to Poseidon for dinner but when we got there Sam told us his restaurant was closed as there was a party happening in town and his staff all wanted to go so we headed over to Family Tanote Bay Restaurant to give that a go. The restaurant had great views over the bay and is on the opposite side of Poseidon and our resort so it was nice to get a different view. The food was also delicious.
We had a great last day on Tanote Bay Beach and will be sad to leave this place. Our bungalow on this quiet beach is exactly what we have been looking for. We have loved this place but time to move on and check out somewhere new!
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