THE GREEN LIGHT
Shoals of golden jack, canary-yellow pufferfish and electric blue damselfish flit past as the sun’s rays create shimmering reflections in the gin-clear water. Crocodile needlefish weave in and out of nooks in the coral and, as the reef drops off, a school of whitetip reef sharks rest on the sand. Then, to complete the spectacle, just before heading back to the boat, I spot a pair of green turtles swimming slowly, flippers rowing gently, into the distance.
“What’s special is that there are very few people staying at any one time, so you can find privacy and solitude”
This is just a snapshot of the marine life in the reef that rings the uninhabited Isla Barracuda. A forest-covered tropical speck, it is part of Islas Secas, a pristine private archipelago 20 miles off mainland
