Super Sized Stingray (Sept23)

Aboard the Sea Fox this afternoon, we had a lively group of divers who were more then excited to jump into the underwater world. We had many groups of divers who were enjoying their vacations and were more then ready to see what Hawaii had to offer in the Maunalua Bay area.

At Koko Crater, we got to enjoy a lot of great schools of fish and only had a slight current. The visibility was fantastic and divers got some great photos of the underwater topography. These Buddha statues that have been placed at the site are a great spot to snap pictures to remember your experience.

The best parts of this site is the fact that there is such a variety of things to see. Today we came across some large helmet snails and swam alongside some green sea turtles! Its so much fun getting up close to these graceful sea creatures.

We hopped back aboard the boat to make our way to the next dive site, and had some really great conversations during our surface interval. The divers enjoyed hanging out on the bow and chatting while enjoying the afternoon sunshine.

Despite the fact that we had some rather strong surface currents, the drive was rather enjoyable and we had some light snacks and beverages as well.

We hopped in at our second site, Angler’s Reef, and had almost no current at the bottom. The visibility was again fantastic and we made our way along the reef edge.

We spotted schools of fish hiding under the ledges and tons of urchins along the bottom.

It was good that our divers today had such great buoyancy because we were not churning up the bottom, making it easy for us to check out all the nooks and crannies of the reef.

I love checking out all of the pencil urchins that line the reef as well, they come in many different colors and shapes and its amazing how they fit themselves into the tiny holes.

Once we made the turn to head back to the boat, divers had spotted a huge stingray along the reef! it was massive and was probably the biggest one that I have seen in these waters. Divers were really luck to see it so close and it swam by us long enough for us to snap some really good pictures!

Thanks to all the divers who came out and enjoyed the oceans wonders with us today. It was a great group of people and I hope to see you guys on the boat again soon!

Congratulations to our newest certified divers as well!

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CREW: Marnie (instructor) Carlos (divemaster) Joe (captain) Ashley (crew)

CONDTIONS: strong diamondhead (W) surface current, 92*F air temp, Sunny, slight breeze

DIVE PROFILES: Koko Crater: 40ft max depth, 32min bottom time, 82*F water temp, 90ft visibility

Anglers Reef: 42ft max depth, 29min bottom time, 82*F water temp, 95ft visibility

MARINE LIFE: green sea turtle, helmet snail, Hawaiian stingray, pencil urchin, scorpionfish