{"id":29450,"date":"2019-06-14T00:02:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T16:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=29450"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:46:25","slug":"10-days-in-maldives-day-06-snorkeling-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/06\/14\/10-days-in-maldives-day-06-snorkeling-4\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Days in Maldives \u2013 Day 06 \u2013 Snorkeling #4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The kids &#8211; especially Hannah &#8211; have come to love snorkeling this trip so much that they couldn&#8217;t wait for the next outing: and we went out yet again on Day 06. The still photos weren&#8217;t as good this time, but the GoPro footage turned out very well! Like in the previous post, captions identifying the critters below are a best effort only &#8211; some might be incorrect!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29453\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29453 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120555-huraa-snorkeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120555-huraa-snorkeling.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120555-huraa-snorkeling-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120555-huraa-snorkeling-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clark&#8217;s anemonefish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29454\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29454 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120568-huraa-snorkeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120568-huraa-snorkeling.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120568-huraa-snorkeling-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120568-huraa-snorkeling-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clark&#8217;s anemonefish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120493-huraa-snorkeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120493-huraa-snorkeling.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120493-huraa-snorkeling-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120493-huraa-snorkeling-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120548-huraa-snorkeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120548-huraa-snorkeling.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120548-huraa-snorkeling-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120548-huraa-snorkeling-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120582-huraa-snorkeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120582-huraa-snorkeling.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120582-huraa-snorkeling-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120582-huraa-snorkeling-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120605-huraa-snorkeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120605-huraa-snorkeling.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120605-huraa-snorkeling-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120605-huraa-snorkeling-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120608-huraa-snorkeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120608-huraa-snorkeling.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120608-huraa-snorkeling-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120608-huraa-snorkeling-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120609-huraa-snorkeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120609-huraa-snorkeling.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120609-huraa-snorkeling-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120609-huraa-snorkeling-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a four-minute compilation from the trip. We saw more live corals, schools of fish, and a very shy puffer fish!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maldives 2019 - Compilation 03 - Days 05 to 06\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gEJQ9Xdryeg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sunset fishing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/06\/14\/10-days-in-maldives-day-06-sunset-fishing\/\">next post<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kids &#8211; especially Hannah &#8211; have come to love snorkeling this trip so much that they couldn&#8217;t wait for the next outing: and we went out yet again on Day 06. The still photos weren&#8217;t as good this time,<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/06\/14\/10-days-in-maldives-day-06-snorkeling-4\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  10 Days in Maldives \u2013 Day 06 \u2013 Snorkeling #4<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[657,653,655],"class_list":["post-29450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traveling","tag-gopro-7","tag-maldives-2019","tag-olympus-tg-5","wpcat-17-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-06-P6120605-huraa-snorkeling.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38520,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29450\/revisions\/38520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}