844.Whale Watching (3/5)

When Li Du saw this yacht, he believed Cole and Jacob's words: they were not exaggerating, this should be the most suitable yacht for ocean sightseeing in Sydney. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Or, should I say submarines.

The Abyssal Dragon was a bit like a long, narrow kayak, and a bit like a pointy wooden boat on the lake in Li Du's hometown, but it was only the same thing, and in fact the two sides were by no means the same thing.

The ship is about ten meters long and about five meters wide, with the front half being the cockpit and the back half being the cabin.

Yes, the boat can only accommodate two people, and there is no room for them to move, and each has only one seat to occupy.

The two seats are like roadsters that can raise bubble glass cabins, that is, people sit on the seat of the boat, and then the seat can be enveloped in glass.

The driver told Li Du and Sophie: "This is a four-axis propulsion two-seater submersible yacht with its own bubble glass cabin installed on each seat. Please be assured that the glass cabins are very strong and they will not shatter after our dive. ”

Yes, the great thing about the Abyssal Dragon is that it can dive, and it can dive to a maximum depth of 490 meters.

But Li Duke didn't dare to let it dive into such a depth, at a depth of 490 meters, once something happened to the yacht, then they really had no chance of survival.

The driver explained to them that because they only wanted to watch whales, he would dive up to 10 meters into the water, which was a safe depth and the most suitable depth to enjoy the view of the ocean.

The Abyssal Dragon rested on the dock, and it attracted the attention of many people.

Many people were holding up mobile phone cameras to take pictures, and some tried to get close to the yacht, but the driver quickly stopped them.

After Li Du and Sophie got on the yacht, the driver operated the rudder and the LCD screen, and the yacht started slowly.

First of all, it does not dive, first takes Li Du and Sophie to swim on the surface of the sea, and only after finding the whale, it will dive, and then go from the sea to watch the diving whales.

From May to November every year, it is the golden season for whale watching in Australia, witnessing the terrifying power and beauty of one of the world's largest marine creatures, and becoming another ultimate experience that many people go to Australia to pursue.

Australia is surrounded by the sea, you can watch whales on all sides, Li Du they are in the southeast sea, here you can see the blue whale that is very rare in Australia, of which June is the last month of their hunting here, and they will not be seen after that.

The yacht moves quickly on the surface of the sea, and they follow a whale watching boat and follow a fixed course to find the whales that have surfaced.

In order to protect whales, the Australian government has restricted the sea areas that whale watching boats can enter, and also specified the distance to which they can approach.

However, this is only a restriction for large boats, and yachts like the Abyssal Dragon are not restricted and can be viewed up close, provided that it is safe to do so, of course.

The government explained that large ships have large targets and are easy to frighten whales, and once they collide with whales, they are also easy to kill whales, so they cannot get close to them in order to protect them.

In fact, this is not the case at all, some whale watching boats are small yachts, these boats are not as big as some private yachts, but they are still not allowed to get close to the whales.

And private yachts can, the reason why it is so stipulated, everyone knows the reason, Australia is a capitalist country, and all resources are inclined to the rich and the capitalists.

After half an hour of driving east in the sea, a column of water spouted out of the water like a fountain. At the same time, it was accompanied by a low and loud sound like a whistle.

Seeing this scene, the tourists waiting to watch the whales on the boat immediately let out cheers, and they were lucky to meet the blue whales that came to the surface to breathe.

The pilot turned around and said, "Please note, I am going to get ready to get close to the whales, and then I will dive and be mentally prepared." ”

Li Du stretched out his thumb and said, "OK." ”

The Abyssal Dragon accelerated past the whale watching boat and then approached the whale that appeared on the surface.

Li Du looked into the distance, and the blue whale in the distance loomed to show its huge body.

The two sides were separated by two or three hundred meters at this time, and the distance was relatively far, and he couldn't see it very clearly, and he didn't feel very shocked, as if there was an extra large floating object on the sea in front of him.

The driver continued on his way, then approached from the side with great experience and said, "I'm going to dive, get ready!"

As soon as his voice fell, the thick glass cabin rose, and then the oxygen concentrator began to work, and the oxygen 'whined' into the cabin.

Then, after the two of them adjusted to the change in the pressure in the cabin, the yacht gradually submerged in the water.

Then, Li Du saw a scene that shocked him.

As soon as the yacht entered the water, he first saw a scythe-shaped fin, which was 3 to 4 meters long, gray at the top and white at the bottom, and the water was rolling between swings.

Next to the flippers was a huge body, in front of them was a broad, round and massive head, and looking back at a huge tail fin, in short, there was a huge sea beast around them!

Li Du didn't expect that their yacht would encounter a blue whale as soon as they dived, and this was an adult blue whale, so big that he didn't know how to evaluate it, and could only use the simple word 'huge' to describe it!

The pilots didn't expect this to happen, they had seen it before, and the yacht was still hundreds of meters away from the whale in front of it, which was a safe diving distance.

Obviously, this is another blue whale, Li Du didn't know whether to say that he was lucky or unlucky, he actually ran into a small group of whales!

It is important to know that whales rarely form groups, most of them are solitary and prefer to survive alone, even small whale groups of two or three whales are rare.

Many tourists go out to sea to see whales but can't see them, and now, they do.

Sadly, their yacht was diving and happened to come across this blue whale that was floating.

The blue whale's massive body floated upward, bringing with it a terrifying vertical current, and they were hit by the rising water, and the yacht could not maintain its balance and spun in the water.

The pilot quickly pulled the rudder, and the yacht made a sharp turn, but unfortunately hit the blue whale.

Their yacht is not small, more than ten meters, but next to this adult blue whale, it is like a baby facing a strong man, and the sense of gap is simply desperate!

It's not an exaggeration, Li Du looked at the blue whale next to him, and felt that the yacht he was on was just a newborn baby, but the blue whale was a strong man......

Although in terms of length, the gap between the two sides is not so big, but the yacht is long, narrow and flat, and the blue whale is long, wide and round, so three-dimensional, there is a lot of difference!