A friendly turtle showed off to divers for underwater cameras at a coastal holiday hotspot.
The friendly reptile approached a group as they entered the sea for a session.
It then followed them to their training area about 650ft from the shore.
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“She stayed with us for quite a while, very comfortable with our presence,” Gastón Cachcovsky Nin told What’s The Jam.
As the group trained in the depths, the sociable turtle showed off for the cameras – mingling among the stunned freedivers.
In one clip, the reptile could be seen frolicking with Gastón before turning to check out his dive partner Sebastián Martínez.
Sebastián, 27, span around in the sea to capture the turtle brushing past him before it interacted with several other divers nearby.
The encounter took place off the coast of Radazul in Tenerife, Spain, at around 9am last Saturday (28 Jun).
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Gastón, 44, shared the clip on his Instagram page where he dubbed the turtle his “training partner”.
He said: “Diving in Radazul is like opening a window to another world.
“Every corner hides little marine treasures, from the intense gaze of a Catalufa, to the vivid colours of a Sharpnose-Puffer and the unmistakable charisma of a Mystery Blenny.”
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Gastón, whose personal best record for freediving is 42 metres, added: “Exploring the seabed is an experience that always reminds me how incredibly alive nature is underwater.”
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