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The Grotto

I think my favorite place to swim in Saipan is The Grotto. Even though it is overrun with tourist, (I really get why so many people hat tourist now) its still a great place to relax and swim around. The best part about it is that it is covered by a giant rock making it kinda like a cave. The covering keeps the water nice and cool unlike most other places on the island where the water feels like hot tub water. Yesterday I went out there with my GoPro and took some pictures and video. It was starting to get cloudy and we didn't stay long so there is not very much footage or very many photos but I wanted to share a little bit about what its like.

 

[caption id="attachment_1017" align="alignnone" width="4000"]DCIM101GOPROGOPR1909.JPG Looking into the Grotto[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1020" align="alignnone" width="4000"]DCIM101GOPROGOPR1933.JPG Travel under there to get to open ocean[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignnone" width="4000"]DCIM101GOPROGOPR1954.JPG Divers blowing bubble rings[/caption]

 

I really need to get my scuba cert. I hope to get some better pictures soon. I just need to go in the middle of the day when there is better lighting, but there are so many tourist its almost not worth it.

 

Here is a short (very short) video of The Grotto.

https://youtu.be/X_bUExOFDGE

 

Comments

  1. DianeSeptember 23, 2017 at 1:56 PM

    So beautiful!
    Do you know a lady by the name of Debbie? She is teaching in Saipan and is from Redbluf.

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