Kevin and I were SCUBA diving in Monterey Bay.
There was a lot of kelp in the bay and it took us a while to figure out
how to navigate. If it started to wrap around you and you struggled,
it would only wrap tighter – the best way seemed to be to relax and go
with it. Kevin and I were having a lot of fun playing hide and seek
in the kelp about 30 feet down. The person hiding would get out of
sight and stop breathing so there were no bubbles to track. Soon
it was time to refill our air tanks and we found ourselves fairly close
to shore so we headed in. We hadn’t gone very far when we encountered
a massive school of fish that stretched out 100 yards by 100 yards and
extended about 30 feet down. They were so active, the surface boiled.
This presented us with a small dilemma – we didn’t have enough air to swim
around them or beneath them. I asked Kevin what he thought we should
do and he said, “Let’s go right through ‘em”. They didn’t seem to
care about us and didn’t really move away when we entered their area.
Their bodies pressed close to us and we felt as if we were part of this
huge, living mass. We were carried along with the school without
really having to swim ourselves. When we left the school we were
close to shore. We were both excited about what had happened to us
and shared some happy moments sharing our feelings