Archive for month: July, 2014

Weather Conditions: Sunny with a slight breeze
Dive Sites: LCU and Angler’s Reef
Dive Conditions: 100+ viz, medium to strong current
Marine Life Observed: Spotted eagle rays, Kahuna nudibranch, green moray eels, gold lace nudibranch, horned helmet shells, frog fish, octopus
Staff: Capt. Kendal, Amy, and Steve (crew)

Aloha,

Thanks for choosing to spend your afternoon diving with Island Divers Hawai’i.  We had a small boat today with Kim and Dave joining for a second day of diving/snorkeling, Chester, Johnny, and Jason (fresh out of his OW course!!!).  My men requested a wreck so we headed to the LCU (my personal favorite).  The currents were surprisingly strong, but they brought us excellent visibility.  After tying up, we headed into the water in search of the “big” stuff.  Right off the bat we found the resident frog fish, followed by a cheeky vyper moray (nearly got a nip to the bottom!), under the wreck we found two tiny Kahuna nudibranchs, and some schooling reef fish.  Upon exiting the wreck we were greeted by a curious trio of spotted eagle rays cruising in the currents!  They are always a welcome surprise.  I love how they graceful glide through the water!  After that we headed back to the boat.  We had a max depth of 90′ with :33 and :36 bottom times.  During our safety stop, Steve provided us with Famous Amos cookies, Red Vines, and Tea/Hot Chocolate.  Our group decided to head to Angler’s Reef for dive two.  We had a max depth of 55′ with a :46 bottom time.  We saw tons of eels: green, giant, pencil, snowflake, three gold lace nudis, two horned helmet shells, an octopus, AND another spotted eagle ray!!! We were so lucky to be blessed with eagle rays on both dives today.   Thanks again, Kim, Dave, Chester, Johnny for joining us.  And congrats to Jason!!!  We were happy to convert you into an ocean water diver.  Welcome to the dark side, friend.  Hopefully, we’ll see you all out again this weekend.  Until next time, dive easy!

Aloha,

Amy

Weather Conditions: Sunny, breezy, slight drizzle in the AM
Dive Sites: Baby Barge and Fantasy Reef
Dive Conditions: 150+ feet of visibility, mild current, slight surface chop
Marine Life Observed: Green Sea Turtles, White tip reef shark, octopus, reef fish
Staff: Captain Jo, Amy, Larry, Rachael (crew)

Aloha,

Thanks for choosing to dive with Island Divers Hawai’i.  We had a fantastic time showing you around Hawaii’s underwater world.  Today we had a full boat of eager divers.  We had Tammy and Lori joining us on their “stay”cation, James and Scott working on AOW certification, and Brian, John, Max, Kim, Fred, Wayne, Melissa, and Eric fun diving.  It was a cozy boat!  We had requests for sharks and turtles so we headed to Baby Barge for dive #1.  This site has a max depth of 80′ and a max bottom time of :30.  We had great viz and warm water! Woo hoo!  Right at the start of the dive Larry found us an octopus to play with.  Soon after we found a baby white tip reef shark and three sea turtles!!! So lucky!  We all headed safely back to the boat after our tour and made our required safety stop.  On the surface we enjoyed hot chocolate, tea, chocolate chip cookies, and Red Vines.  After that we headed back into the water at Fantasy Reef.  On this site we had a max depth of 63′ and a bottom time of :40.  We again found octopus right way!  Two this time!! We also saw TONS of turtles.  I lost count after 10 sea turtles.  We also saw some beautiful moray eels, and schooling reef fish.  Overall, it was a great start of our Tuesday.  Thanks again for choosing to dive with IDH.  As always it is our pleasure to take you diving.  Until next time, dive easy!

Aloha,

Amy