On this particular swim I asked Mermaid Bjossa to help me with my figure 8 flips (something I've been struggling a bit with recently). Without a doubt, Mermaid Bjossa does the most appealing figure 8 flips and so I was really excited when she agreed to help a fish out!

I feel so blessed to have such a supportive fish to swim with! She never makes me feel badly when my physical limitations get in the way and any time I have a breakthrough with something (even something as small as touching the bottom of the pool) she cheers me on and it makes all the difference! 💖

I'm very excited for our next swim session to see what other new moves we can come up with and to see if I can finally nail an EPIC figure 8 flip!

Happy Swimming!
​Courtney Mermaid

A few things that are definitely not super obvious in the video:

1. I can't see ANYTHING. The only thing I can make out is the colour of the lights. I can't see the bottom of the pool, or the walls, or even my camera. Why? Your ability to see underwater is HUGELY dependent on the amount of light available. On a bright sunny day I can see well enough to make out faces and even expressions underwater. Cool right?

2. Parts of the pool were FREEZING COLD. Any time I do a backflip, my face dips into the COLDEST WATER EVER! Well maybe not EVER, but it was chilly as heck!

3. I'm actually not alone for this swim! I do my best to always swim with a buddy because SAFETY FIRST. I was sad that none of the footage I took with me AND Mermaid Zelda turned out nicely. I ended up make a last-minute decision to just shorten the video and tell a different story instead.

I hope I get to do another night swim in this pool again soon! It was absolutely breathtaking and swimming at night has to be one of my fave spooky activities!

​Happy Swimming!
​Courtney Mermaid