In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

And then, a few glorious minutes _______(1)_______, it was time to reluctantly head ashore. ______(2)______ time, the strokes were more fluid, the movements more relaxed. I turned back one last time _____(3)_______ hello to a clown fish, the reason why I came to the Andamans. As I watched, it played hide-and-seek ____(4)_____ a sea anemone, before frisking away. Suddenly, I realised a kinship with the blue waters _____(5)______ the Bay of Bengal.