Crazy turtle encounter on an deepsea dri
November 18, 2020 Panama City 9 photos & 1 video

Trip Summary

On our way back to Panama City from the Pearl islands, a group of islands 35 nautical miles from the city we passed across a drift line so we slowed down to avoid hitting any drift wood. Suddenly we spotted one of this driftwoods moving, got closer and there it was! This huge turtle cruising along the drift. Seas were pretty calm so decided to put our snorkel gear on and jumped in the water for a while next to this beatufil creature. After checking for any trash stuck to it and making sure she was fine we snapped a few images and let her continue with its course! PANAMA IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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