SHARKS AND TURTLES! april 14

sunny blue skies greeting us this morning as we motored out to Baby Barge, a great spot for turtles and sharks, as well as eels and octopus!  strong winds created some surface swell, but tying up to the mooring was no problem.  Kevin and his dad Dave were out diving with me today, as well as ER doc Michael, and his son michael, plus Mike, who was working on his Advanced training.  And out for fun were Chris, Greg, Hollis, and helping me out was DMC David.  At Baby Barge we saw 5 or 6 large green hawaiin sea turtles, and it was a bit unusual today as quite often they are napping in their favorite spots.  But today, after seeing several doing just that, three other large turtles appeared swimming out of the blue, and continued right up to and through our little group!  a real treat to see these marvelous creatures appear and swim right over or around you!   we also saw a nice whitetip shark there, as well as several large eels.  2nd jump was a drift of Anglers Ledge, which was very mellow,relaxing, and fun!  lots of reef fish, more large eels, helmet conchs, plus 2 large octopus.  after a perfect drop by captain joe, we drifted for 40 minutes and had a great dive! Thanks to max, our onboard crew today, and to all for good diving practices!  Larry