It's turtle mating season here on the Ningaloo Reef and they are out in force this year.
I've been seeing them up on the reef at low tide, in the shallows,
on the dives, resting on the beach and during all of my snorkels.
A few days we've had 100s in a small area - it's amazing!
A small area - all those black spots are turtles, sometimes two turtles stacked!
The males can be quite pesky as they aren't terribly fussy about who or what they mate with. This guy was dogged in his pursuit of me and ended up right on top of my legs despite me trying to push him off with my fins (and a little head slap!)
All of the beaches are covered in turtle tracks and it won't be long before we have lots of little baby turtles hatching and running the gauntlet to the sea.
apologies for some of the less than fabulous shots - I had to use my baby Olympus 720SW and it's just not great.
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