Rain Clouds Part for Awesome Diving

Despite the rainy morning that we had, the weather was nice when it came time for our afternoon dives. We were off to a bit of a late start but we didn’t let that stop us from having a lot of fun aboard the Sea Fox this afternoon. Once we had our briefings, we were ready to dive into some warm waters and check out the bay. We had a bit of a swell going on at the surface and today it carried down to the bottom of our first site, Koko Crater.

    

We had rather small groups today and had the chance to hang around the bottom for a rather long time today. All of the divers were experienced which made for a relaxing afternoon. We check out all of the overhangs that were filled with eels and even came across a large helmet conch!

     

A lot of the fish were out and about along the reef edges and were moving along with the swells in unison. The sand was a being stirred around a bit but that didn’t stop us from coming across a lot of really neat things under the waves.

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Over at our second site, Angler’s Reef, we dropped down on much calmer waters which made the visibility a bit better then our first site. The surge was still very much present but divers were awesome with their buoyancy and handled it like professionals. It was really a lot of fun to see in all the little holes to discover what we could along the wall.

    

There are so many different species of fish that inhabit this particular site that it had become one of my favorite to dive in Maunalua bay. Each of these types of fish have very different aspects to their way of life that makes each and everyone of them unique. Its really enjoyable to see them in their natural habitat and understand what roles they each play in the ecosystem.

    

We got to see some of the wildlife up close and personal and it was a lot of fun to explore with this group of divers. Many of which have been diving recently or those who were a bit rusty didn’t really clash, but instead we had a great time checking our the wall this afternoon.

   

Thanks so much to everyone who came out diving with us this afternoon aboard the Sea Fox! We had sunny skies and wonderful weather and a great group of divers to make a fantastic afternoon of diving!

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CREW: Marnie (instructor) Larry (instructor) Manolo (instructor) Steve (crew) Kendal (captain)

WEATHER CONDTIONS: Light rain, Moderate Breeze, 84*F, Moderate SW current, Strong surge

DIVE PROFILES: Koko Crater: Bottom time 36min, Max depth 40ft, 81*F water temp, 60ft visibility

Anglers Reef: Bottom time 38min, max depth 46ft, 81*F water temp, 80ft visibility

MARINE LIFE OBSERVED: slipper lobster, pencil urchins, trumpetfish, wrasse, nudibranch, helmet crab, green sea turtle