Streamlined torpedoes. Among the fastest fish in the ocean — and they hit reef-edge bait balls without warning.
Wahoo are extreme high-speed pelagic predators — long slender bodies, vertical blue tiger-stripes on iridescent flanks, jaws lined with razor teeth. They cruise reef edges and seamounts hunting flying fish, squid, and bait schools.
Speed estimates from sportfishing tagging suggest 70+ km/h burst capacity. Underwater encounters are sudden — a flash of blue-silver, a strike on a bait ball, and they're gone.
Red Sea liveaboard transits, Maldives outer atolls, Mauritius offshore. Not a scheduled encounter; show up at current points during pelagic-feeding hours and hope.
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