The whales are still here!!!

Weather Conditions:
Dive Sites: F4 Corsair and Sea Cave
Dive Conditions: Slight swell, minimal current, 100+’ viz
Marine Life Observed: WHALES, green sea turtles, yellow legged hairy hermit crab, garden eels, various nudibranchs
Staff: Capt. Jo, Amy, Larry, Pete, Marnie, Carl, and Erica (crew)

Aloha,
Thanks for choosing to dive with Island Divers Hawaii.  We had another fantastic day on the water.  Steve, Steve, Mike, Jer, Emily, Todd, Paul, Chris, and Carlos joined us today for some underwater exploration.  We had requests for the Navy F4 Corsair and headed there for dive #1.  The viz was so good we were able to see the wreck from the surface!  This is an actual WWII wreck; not to worry, the pilot survived.  The plane actually crashed on a training missing and was later drug out to deeper water.  Lucky for us, since it’s a beautiful historic site.  We saw some beautiful garden eels, banded coral shrimp, soldier fish, and a silver leaf scorpion.  My team enjoyed a nice relaxing :25 dive.  During the surface interval we were rewarded with two pods of whales!  This was great luck for use as it is the end of whale season and we don’t normally see this much whale action.  Capt Jo was also lucky enough to catch a 20lbs yellow fin tuna (ahi).  He and his wife will be enjoying some nice seared ahi for dinner, I’m sure.  After the ahi action, we headed in for our second dive at Sea Cave.  There was a mild current at the entrance.  We headed in and found two large yellow legged hairy hermit crabs, a white margin nudibranch, needle fish, and a large sea turtle.  We also found a large school of false moorish idols at the end of the dive.  Overall, it was a fabulous day on the water.  Erica also had hot mint towels ready for us to wipe the salt off post-dive.  Talk about good service!   We all ended up fresh, minty, armed with great stories, and ready for lunch!  Thanks again for choosing IDH.  Until next time, dive easy!

Aloha,
Amy

PS- Don’t forget to sign up for the IDH Easter Egg hunt/dive on April 19th! It’s going to be epic! The Easter bunny will be there and ready for his underwater photo shoot.  Call the shop to reserve your spot.