Well this morning has definitely been another highlight of our entire trip, scuba diving with sea lions. As we anchored the boat off Punto Loma (the same spot we cycled to yesterday), some of the inquisitive sea lions were already leaving the beach, splashing into the sea and swimming towards the boat, soon surrounding us. We dived for close to 40 minutes at a shallow depth of 7 metres, and the dive was awesome. At times we had up to 30 female sea lions surrounding us, extremely inquisitive but not aggressive at all. They gently bit at our hands and arms and played around us, and at one point Heather had one grab on to the top her hood and pull her gently upwards. When we surfaced to the boat, a group surrounded us leaping out of the water, almost disappointed that the encounter was over. The conditions were extremely cold with a water temperature of 9 Deg C, and towards the end of the dive, both of us were starting to feel chilled. The worst was to come though once we were in the boat and heading back to the dive club - it was COLD! but definitely worth it.