Eel Mania! (AUG17)

Despite the rain early this morning, the skies cleared up for another great day on the south shore of Oahu. A rather empty boat left the docks at midday and set out to the open water to some really great diving.

We spotted tons of pufferfish today at our first dive site, Koko Crater. We even saw a baby pufferfish that was only a few inches long! So cute!

As usual, Big Buddha was surrounded by massive schools of fish and we had a chance to swim through them for quite some time. With both students and certifieds, we spotted tons of turtles hanging out under the ledges of the crater.

We made our way back onto the boat and headed to our next site, Angler’s Reef. The conversation was great aboard the boat during our surface interval and everyone had a great time swapping stories and interacting with each other during the break.

Over at Angler’s, the visibility cleared up quite a bit and we got to see a lot of really cool marine animals along the wall.

There were a ton of eels along the ridge today and divers got to see quite a variety of the different species underwater. Its so interesting to see the different sizes of each of the different species, from the massive moray to the small whitemouth.

Thanks to all who joined us out on the boat today, and congrats to the newest certified divers!

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CREW: Marnie (instructor) Amy (instructor) Greg (instructor) Carlos (divemaster) Neil (captain)

CONDITIONS: Partly cloudy with a slight drizzle, breezy

PROFILES: Koko Crater: 40ft max depth, dive time 32 minutes, Koko Head current (E), 60ft visibility, 81*F

Angler’s Reef: 44ft max depth, dive time 34minutes, Koko Head current (E), 80ft visibility, 81*F

MARINE LIFE OBSERVED: moray eel, green sea turtle, pencil urchin, pincushion seastar, white mouthed eel, squirrelfish