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We heard it on good authority (thanks to the prior clerks for a great list) that Vatia is one of the best beaches on Tutuila. So we had to go check it out. We loved it!
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We snorkeled around and some of the more exciting things we spotted were a ray (Clif), a banded pipefish (Everett & I), and a peva (Everett & I). Peva is the Samoan word. I haven't been able to find an English term other than it's technical name - synapta maculata. But it looks like this.
Just as we were winding up, a group of some new friends showed up. In a happy coincidence they had planned to go to Vatia that day too. We stayed all day and had a great time getting to know them better.
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Just so everyone knows the water at Vatia was warm. Warmer than I would have made my bath water. It was almost (not quite) too warm. I was told by Paul the National Park's marine biologist that the ray I saw was a baby spotted eagle ray. Vatia was really neat because once you got to the edge of the reef there was a drop off where live coral was growing in a variety of different shapes.
Clif
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