Fishy Friday (SEPT12)

What great conditions we had this afternoon on the Sea Fox! Visibility was over 100ft and the waters were calm for us to enjoy some Oahu diving.

There was a ton of marine life out enjoying the good conditions as well. At Angler’s Reef, we saw schools and schools of fish, all intermingling with each other. There was a huge crab, large moray eels, and the ever famous green sea turtle.

One of the moray eels was eating a goatfish, and we were lucky enough to see it with our own eyes! Such a treat for our first site!

Since we had such a small boat of divers this afternoon, we decided that we would drift on our second dive and head over to Spitting Caves. It was quite a treat to do this site in the afternoon, many of our divers don’t have great conditions for this site in the afternoon.

Sure enough, we dropped onto some more great conditions along the southeastern tip of the island. Spitting Caves is a personal favorite of mine, and if you dive it, you know why. There is just so many amazing things to see!

Again, there were schools of different kinds of fish and the visibility was again crystal clear. We were even lucky enough to see a spotted eagle ray swim by right after we exited one of the caves!

Thanks to all the divers who made for a great afternoon out in the water! We even did a bit of a cleanup at our second site and collected a ton of fishing weights! I love to see other divers with a passion for the sea!

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CREW: Marnie (instructor) Carlos (divemaster) Max (captain)

CONDITIONS: 87*F, slight Koko Head current, 83*F water temp, sunny

DIVE PROFILES: Angler’s Reef: 44ft max depth, 38min bottom time, 100+ft visibility

Spitting Caves: 50ft max depth, 36min bottom time, 90+ft visibility

MARINE LIFE: eagle ray, sea turtle, crab, pincushion seastar, cowfish, triggerfish, cleaner shrimp