So I was up on the deck of the boat doing who knows what when I hear a loud breathing noise. I run over to where I thought I heard it and saw the end of what looked like a manatee’s snout disappearing into the water. I obviously call jason over to check it out and we wait an obnoxiously long time for the animal to surface again. Eventually it came back up for air and it wasn’t a manatee as I thought… it was the largest turtle I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s head was probably about the size of mine and it was super close to the bow of the boat! I ran to grab my camera, luckily already fitted with my biggest zoom lens! We watched it surface a few more times before it got bored of the area and swam away. Very cool encounter!