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Saturday 17 August 2013

Mariner's cave - Tonga


Imagine an under water cave. One that you have to swim down (under the water) in order to get into it. To be exact, you have to swim about 10 ft down in order to get in. Once inside the afternoon light provides an eerie glow to the cave. 

As a swell / surge occurs, the water vapour in the air (inside the cave) condenses and it appears like your vision has gone blurry. The haze in front of you turns a misty blue / green colour. Just as quickly as it occurs, so it disappears. 

Fantastic natural phenomenon. Well worth doing when in Vava'u. If you go whale watching, they will probably take you there on the way back. 

There is another entrance about 30+ feet down. Dylan enjoyed swimming down and through, much to the amazement of the Japanese tourists we were watching whales with. 

Emerging from the cave
Looking out

Inside the cave

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