6/20 We Drift One Way, Then We Drift The Other

Friday – A neat crew, we gear up and head over to the Baby barge to hopefully see some sharks and see a wreck.  The current was so strong that I was unable to stay at the surface and tie up the boat.  So we decide to drift the barges.  Usually it’s fairly relaxed even in a strong current, and there’s plenty of time to check out the wrecks and see all there is to see.  As we get dropped well east of the LCU and as I watch it fly by underneath us, I realized the current was the strongest I’d ever seen it out there.  We hit the all three wrecks though: LCU, New Barge, and Baby.  Also we saw some huge trevally in the new barge, wondering just what in tarnation a bunch of noisy jerks were doing in their house.  From there we headed over to spitting caves and dove for over an hour.  During which we saw a turtle, some eels, a bunch of hermit crabs, a sponge crab, and an octopus!  Good stuff everybody, you witnessed the roughest current Maunalua Bay can throw.

Weather conditions: Warm, sunny, and slight breeze
Barge Drift: 9:12am 27 min 94 ft
Spitting Caves: 10:40am 56min 50ft
Dive Sites: Koko Craters and Crystal Gardens
Dive Conditions: 90+ viz, STRONG Diamond Head current
Marine Life Observed: Turtle, eels, sponge crabs, scorpion fish, Giant trevally
Staff: Capt. Neal, Kendall, Kellan, Greg crew