Sea Cave Mystery 3/19/2014

Starting off very well this morning, we departed on time at 8:30 and all the divers were excited and ready to go, all arriving at the requested time of 8 or earlier. I initially intended to dive the Corsair but the current was far to strong to tie up so after asking Captain Joe what he thought was best to start our day, we choose the utter bliss of sea cave. Luckily the conditions were good enough for us to safely dive Sea Cave granted getting back on the boat was a bit rough but overall worth the effort. We  had a very solid and comfortable group of 9 divers including myself. We entered the water at 9:40 am and had a few troubles getting down nothing we could not over come. Once we all got down into the cave it was all smooth sailing from there. After leaving the cave we saw a white tip reef shark, and a massive school of Millet seed butterfly fish. After 30 minutes we all were running low on bottom time and safely ended our dive. As for the second dive we wanted to be a little calmer water so we arrived at Anglers reef at 10:30. We came across a massive coral head, a horned helmet, three giant puffer fish, jeweled anemone, baby seven eleven crab, big yellow margin moray, and a cushion star. We did another 30 minute dive with spectacular visibility, after we were done diving we arrived back at the dock at 11:30 as per scheduled. Thank you to all my divers today you made my day easy and fun, I hope you request to dive with me again. ALOHA

MY BUBBLES

MY BUBBLES

Entrance of Sea Cave

Entrance of Sea Cave

Good buddy diving, Father and Son

Good buddy diving, Father and Son

Milletseed Butterfly Fish, Lauwiliwili

Milletseed Butterfly Fish, Lauwiliwili

Following the Max

Following the Max

Horned Helmet, pu puhi

Horned Helmet, pu puhi

Vivacious Coral Habitat

Vivacious Coral Habitat

Cushion Star, Culcita novaeguineae

Cushion Star, Culcita novaeguineae

Enjoy the pleasures of the sea urchin skeleton

Enjoy the pleasures of the sea urchin skeleton

Yellow Margin Moray Eel, Puhi paka

Yellow Margin Moray Eel, Puhi paka

Three Giant porcupine fish, Kokala 'o'opu kawa

Three Giant porcupine fish, Kokala ‘o’opu kawa

Jeweled Anemone Crab, Dardanus gemmatus

Jeweled Anemone Crab, Dardanus gemmatus

Weather Conditions: East at 20 knots,2 to 4 foot seas, 80 ft Visibility
Dive Sites: Sea Cave, Anglers
Dive Conditions: Sea Cave -max depth 87 ft, 30 minutes, water temp 74 f,  easterly current, Anglers- max dept 47 ft, 30 minutes, water temp 76 f, easterly current
Marine life observed: white tip reef shark, green sea turtle, cushion star, jeweled anemone, giant porcupine puffer fish, yellow margin moray, and horned helmet
Captain Joe, Crew Dene, Instructor Maxine