Currents Won’t Hold Us Back

What a great way to start off the weekend! We had a group of 13 divers this morning for our Advanced Charter in the Maunalua Bay area. We had a lot of help aboard since we had some Divemaster candidates aboard. The weather was on our side and allowed us to have a rather calm drive out to our dive site this morning. We had decided as a group that we wanted to dive the LCU, which is a favorite of the Island Divers crew.

We had to fight a rather strong SE current during our descent, but once we dropped down onto the wreck, we were in the clear for some great diving.

Visibility was on our side as we had crystal clear 95+ ft visibility on the shipwreck. Divers had the opportunity to swim under the flipped barge and swim with rather large schools of fish.

Sitting at about 87 ft with varying bottoms times, the wreck proved for another great way to begin our morning.

We had a 42 minute surface interval where divers got to chat with each other and share stories as well as enjoy a light snack. We decided that our best bet with today’s conditions was to have our second dive over at Fantasy reef.

We did a negative buoyancy entry on our second site, Fantasy Reef, and discovered that many of the local eels were out and about. The current was not quite as strong as it was a LCU, but it was strong enough for divers to enjoy a nice easy drift dive.

After going through numerous swim throughs, divers came across some rather sleepy green sea turtles and got an up close and personal experience with some of Hawaii’s local marine life.

All in all, this morning was a great morning for some diving in Hawaii’s pristine waters. Im sure we will be seeing some more of this awesome conditions in the company of great divers. Thanks to all who came out and made it a fantastic morning aboard the Sea Fox!

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STAFF: Marnie (instructor) David (instructor) Carlos (divemaster) Joe (captain) Kelsey (crew)

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Sunny 84*F, slight breeze, mild surge

DIVE PROFILES: LCU: 88ft max depth, 36min bottom time, 80*F water temp, strong SE current, 95+ft visibility

Fantasy: 55ft max depth, 23min bottom time, 81*F water temp, slight SE current, 85+ft visibility

MARINE LIFE OBSERVED: white tipped reef shark, green sea turtles, trumpetfish, triggerfish, eels, pincushion seastar, urchins, boxfish, butterfly fish, nudibranch, crown of thorns seastar