An Awesome Afternoon at Angler’s

What a beautiful day for an afternoon dive! Myself and Max had some really great divers today, and it allowed us to see some of Hawaii’s most loved marine life. With a handful of students and a small family of Discover Scuba Divers, we had decided that it was best to split our group into to to make the best of the time we had underwater.

At our first site, Koko Crater, the DSD’s that went with Max had a great chance to explore and see some of the local sea turtles that often hang out under the overhangs that make up this dive site. They had the opportunity to see some sea stars and eels and got some close encounters with trumpetfish.

The students spent most of the dive completing some required skills, including underwater navigation, and passed with flying colors. We worked on mask removal and perfected our buoyancy as well, which we all know is a very important aspect of scuba diving. They did a fantastic job at surfacing with their CESA (Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent) and made their way back onto the boat so that we could head over to our next dive site.

After about a 30+ minute surface interval, the divers reentered the water at our second dive site, Angler’s Reef.

Max and her DSD’s spent time checking out the ledge that makes up the dive site. Sitting at about 40 feet, the site has alot of things to look at. They were lucky enough to spot some conch (which are currently in mating season) and even spotted a huge octopus!

The students had the opportunity to enjoy the last dive since we had completed most of our skills on the previous dives. With this time underwater, we spent looking around at some of the marine life on the reef as well. We spotted a crown of thorns and some spotted boxfish (which are my personal favorite!).

After we competed our skills, we all boarded the boat and made our way back into the marina with 5 new divers! Congratulations to you all on completing the Open Water course and thanks to all of you for coming out on the boat with us today. It’s all of you who keep us in the sun and in the saltwater doing what we love. Mahalo!

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Crew: Marnie (instructor) Max (instructor) Joe (Captain) Greg (crew)

Conditions: Sunny 81*F, slight surge

Koko Crater: Slight Diamondhead current (SW), 78*F water temp, 80+ ft visibility, max depth 36ft, dive time 36 min

Angler’s Reef: Slight Diamondhead current (SW), 77*F water temp, 90+ ft visibility, max depth 40ft, dive time 28 min