“ Woo!” I said as I stumbled and came crashing into the water, making a massive splash while everybody laughed. All this because of my stupid annoying flippers! Finally, I got in the water, but by then it was numbing. I asked if the water was always that cold at Reotahi ... but no answer, so I just carried on. There were people scattered all over our group. We had about twenty people in each group and there were 4 groups.We were seniors and we’ve been planning this trip for ages. Where lucky that we had really really great weather that day because it felt like a sauna in the swimming suit.

Our topic was about Biodiversity in a Marine Reserve and thats why we are at Reotahi. I’ve seen videos about sharks and 5 metre long Orcas in the Reserve, wandering and hunting for food. Under the water I could see in the distant bright VIVID fish cruising in and out of jagged holes in the rocks and scouting for lush kelp as it passes by.

I wondered if there were any sharks around there because if there were, I would have BOLTED to shore.

By Rivez.