4/6 Getting Deep, Getting Wrecked, Getting Drifted

Sunday – A boatload of radical divers departed Hawaii Kai and made our way to the Baby Barge, where due to slow swell and no wind, visibility was over 100 feet.  A stiff Diamond Head current made descent using the downline imperative.  Baby Barge delivered as always.  Turtles were seen!  A white tip shark was spotted!  Moving on to the next site, a rare freediver with a kayak base was diving on the YO-257, but the mooring was free and we tied up no problem.  This site is fun because you get to see all the tourists who don’t dive looking out at you from the Atlantis submarines, like YOU’RE the one who’s crazy.  You just wave as they cruise by they take pictures from the warm and dry side of the glass, not knowing what they’re missing.  We kicked over to the San Pedro, only a hundred feet away, getting a two-for-one wreck deal on this dive.  Good stuff.  After the YO ’twas lunchtime (chips and sandwiches! Dericious!), and on the way over to our last sight Fantasea Reef we spotedt humpbacks off the port side!  With a negative entry we descended on Fantasea Reef which is always full of good stuff.  Turtle city, eels everywhere, and I swear I saw some Hawaiian Turkey Fish (those three I pointed to in the coral).  Thank you everybody, it was super funday.

Weather conditions: 2 to 4 foot south swell, light trade winds, sunny, NICE
Dive sites: Baby Barge, YO-257, Fanasea Reef
Dive conditions: Baby Barge: max depth 80ft, 31 minute dive, temp 75F, West current; YO-257: max depth 100ft, 22 minute dive, temp 74F, light Diamond head current; Fantasea Reef: max depth 50ft, 40 min dive, temp 75F, East current
Marine Life observed: White Tip Reef Shark, Green Sea Turtle, Hawaiian Turkey Fish, Humpback Whales
Staff: Captain Joe, Crew: Maximum, Instructors: Kellan, Everett, Josh