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Comment: My friend the manta showed up again. It was all I could do to swim across the current, the very same current he was swimming against with no obvious effort.

Tiputa79 * Wild dolphin. * Wild dolphin.

Tiputa80 * Wild dolphin. Gone too soon. * Wild dolphin. Gone too soon.

Tiputa81 * With an incoming tide, on afternoon dives we can ride the current into the lagoon. * With an incoming tide, on afternoon dives we can ride the current into the lagoon.

Tiputa82

Tiputa83 * Today's current is fierce. We dropped into a trench to hold on and get regrouped. Our bubles took off as soon as they cleared the relative calm of the trench. * Today's current is fierce. We dropped into a trench to hold on and get regrouped. Our bubles took off as soon as they cleared the relative calm of the trench.

 
Tiputa85 * This was as close as I could get and it was all I could do to hold in place to get these shots. * This was as close as I could get and it was all I could do to hold in place to get these shots.

Tiputa86 * This was as close as I could get and it was all I could do to hold in place to get these shots. * This was as close as I could get and it was all I could do to hold in place to get these shots.

Tiputa87 * This was as close as I could get and it was all I could do to hold in place to get these shots. * This was as close as I could get and it was all I could do to hold in place to get these shots.

Tiputa88 * This was as close as I could get and it was all I could do to hold in place to get these shots. * This was as close as I could get and it was all I could do to hold in place to get these shots.

Tiputa89 * On another afternoon dive, we found our friendly manta in the pass. This day, the current was screaming at 7 knots. * On another afternoon dive, we found our friendly manta in the pass. This day, the current was screaming at 7 knots.

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