It’s been a while since I last went live on my YouTube channel. I have been so busy most weekends either resting, at a festival or packing up to move and then now unpacking. If you missed it, my last blog was about our recent move to another home. I got super excited to go live with you as we snorkel from the beach here in Southern Spain!
Our Weekend
My eldest daughter is here staying with us for the summer from London. I am keen to show her around more than just the Costa Del Sol region of where we are. Andalusia is such a beautiful part of Spain that it feels remiss if we didn’t explore more.
We’ve been so caught up with our new house and getting the kids ready for school that we haven’t been out much. Ok, the husband has been working really hard too, on getting some clients projects rushed out.
The Beach Life
Our family loves the sea and water activities as some of you may know. I mentioned in the live vlog below that my first holiday with my husband-then-boyfriend was to Bali on a beach and snorkelling vacation. We’ve done many many dives and snorkel together as a family since. Our eldest daughter was first introduced to the deep sea at the tender age of 9 months!
We were on 2 dives in Tioman Island, Malaysia and we had her on the boat with us with a bunch of other divers. The norm is you take a break of at least 45 mins to an hour before your next dive to decompress. (She was in her buggy resting on the boat while we dove.) When we came up for air, we decided to strap her to us with her baby life vest. We fed the fish and she was super excited to see them. She’s been learning to swim since age 3 months and we can see that she loves the sea too.
Beach Snorkel
When we were looking around for different beaches to explore here in Southern Spain, a local friend told us of La Herradura. I was asking her jokingly if there were diving spots locally thinking there was none! She replied that we are lucky as east of Malaga is the spot. We can indeed snorkel and dive from the beach.
2 weekends ago we went there and was blown by the beauty of the bay. We went to the extreme east end of Playa La Herradura, away from the maddening crowd in the middle. There are no shops, no kiosks. Nothing. We brought our own supplies. Unfortunately 2 weeks ago, the wind was strong and so were the waves. It wasn’t a perfect condition for snorkelling but our kids enjoyed it nonetheless.
Gallery of the day below. If on mobile, click on the empty space to see the photos.
This past Sunday was our eldest daughter’s last Sunday before she flies off to Singapore to visit my family. We HAD to bring her with us to see if we can all snorkel from the beach again. Oh boy… weren’t we lucky!
The sea was calm and it looks glassy! The wind was gentle and the water felt so much warmer. I could stand being in it longer than I did 2 weekends ago. Time to snorkel from the beach with the family!
We unpacked all our snorkel/dive gear and set up our camping tent. The air temperature was still very warm and it is a prebble beach, you do feel the heat even more.
It was nice to see a group of divers ahead of us with all their gear spread out too. I asked the divemaster who spoke really good English about the scene underwater. He confirmed what my kids and husband saw before.
I snorkelled with Ayla and together we saw lots of amazing fish, jellyfish and corals. The scene is not as amazing as what I can find in SE Asia but we are nonetheless very happy.
I hope you enjoyed a little snippet of our life here in Spain. I will try to go live more often on a Sunday but of course… I will only go live if there is something exciting to share with you.
For more of my Sunday Live vlogs, do check out my YouTube channel playlist. There I’ve shared my ups and downs and many other life’s lessons.