Koko crater & Pa’awa Harlequin shrimp 22nd July

For the Afternoon dive a group of six divers venture into Maunalua Bay to escape from the clouds above and dive into the beauty of the Ocean. We had a light breeze cooling us down during the short ride out to the Koko crater, Captain Kendal puts right on the spot and we descended to find the Turtle cleaning station working full on! There we went around the Buddhas and spotted a nice size yellow margin moray, schools of sergeant majors, rainbow wrasses and surgeonfish.

After a required surface interval to eat cookies and drink hot cocoa 🙂 we dived into Pa’awa reef a nice ridge formation home of some majestic fish! Cruising around we came across a juvenile octopus, brown puffer fish, snowflake moray eel and two very well camouflaged leaf scorpionfish and if that was not enough, a couple of Harlequin shrimp! That sight made the day, seeing the most beautiful shrimp walking around the bottom is why I love SCUBA Diving!

Especial thanks to William, Giovanni, Alex and Katrina and congratulations to Don and Willow on their first Open water dive!

Sea Conditions: Moderate with small swells

Visibility: 45 ft to 65 ft

Current: Light West current

Dive Crew: David Pinilla (me)

Boat Crew: Captain Kendall, deckhand Brent