Quick Dip on the Corsair Followed by a Rare Encounter with a Sea Chicken – April 1st, 2014
Welcome back folks to another edition of Diving Adventures and Rare Creatures with PM Pete.
Swell and wind were up as the team of 7 divers made their way across Maunalua bay out to where the Corsair lies around 107′. The hightened wind and swell posed no major obstacle to the savy group of underwater eploreres and we had little difficulty making our slow descent down the long lines that lead to the 70+ year old plane wreck. We spent a short 25 minute dive exploring the wreck where we encounted all of the wreck’s inhabitants, took some great photos then headed back up to the Sea Fox after our 3 minute safety stop scrabled our way back onto the decks.
Capt. Kendal scooted us back into the bay where conditions where much more amiable so Pete could quickly tie up the Fox before the divers enjoyed their surface interval munching on the provided snacks and hot drinks.
When the alotted time rolled to an end, once again the divers dipped back down, this time to a much shallower depth of 45′. They explored the healthy reef covered with hard corals, reef fish, and a Hawaiian Octopus that just barely slipped away from Pete with a strategically placed squirt of black ink.
It was short after the Octopus encounter when the divers came across something very rarely seen in our coastal waters. The extremely rare, kinda weird lookin’ Hawaiian Sea Chicken. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, the first time ever documented on film the elusive Sea Chicken.
Yet another amazing first for Island Divers Hawaii and their Instructor, Pete, who only last week defended another team of divers from certain doom.
Thanks for tuning in! And be sure to check in next week for another installation of Diving Adventures and Rare Creatures with PM Pete.
Going deep!
The Corsair.
White-Mouth Morray showing off those pearly whites!
Rare Hawaiian Sea Chicken seen here in its natural environment, the sea.
Staff:
- Captain: Kendal
- Dive Guide: Pete
- Boat Crew: Parker
Weather Conditions:
- Weather: Mostly Sunny
- Swell: Moderate-High
- Winds: Moderate-High E Trade Winds
Dive Sites:
- The Corsair
- Turtle Canyons AKA Mermaid’s Reef
Dive Conditions:
- Visibility: Corsair: Excellent, Turtle’s: Moderate
- Current: Moderate-High Koko Head
Marine Life Observed:
- Humuhumunukunukuapua`a
- Cushion Sea Stars
- Blue Dragon Nudibrach
- Yellow Margin Morray
- White-Mouth Morray
- Snowflake Morray
- Moorish Idol
- Day Octopus
- Rare Hawaiian Sea Chicken…
