The Current Conundrum (Sept27)

It was raining a bit as we left the Hawaii Kai marina for our morning dive on the Sea Fox. No worries, it didn’t bring our divers down, we were more then excited to jump into some awesome visibility!

We jumped into the water at our first site, which we decided would be the Corsair. We were a bit concerned about the conditions, seeing that we were having rather large surface swells. Not problems, however, despite a bit of current, visibility looked fantastic!

The plane was teeming with marine life as always, from schools of fish to the ever-famous garden eels that surround this shipwreck. Divers got a chance to check out all different kinds of eels and starfish that were grazing the bottom of Maunalua Bay.

After about 22minutes or so, divers made their way back up the line to again board the boat. The currents had changed quite a bit while we were below and doing our safety stop was a bit of a challenge. None the less, divers were fantastic and made their was back aboard the Sea Fox with no problems.

At our second site, we decided that with the conditions, it was best to check out some of the shallower reefs in the area. We headed over to drift Angler’s Reef and came across some fantastic conditions.

There was so many fish lining the reef’s edge today! From the ever present squirrelfish to the morrish idols.

We really enjoyed swimming through the schools of fish and examining the ledge to see what sort of creatures were housed within. We even came across this huge trident snail!

Of course we had the green sea turtle enjoying the warm waters this morning, he was in his usual spot taking a nap and watched the group as we passed by.

One of my favorite things about this site is the abundance of scorpionfish. There a bit difficult to spot, but they reside all along this reef.

We drifted just over a quarter mile before we made our way back to the surface. I would say that we had a rather enjoyable morning, despite some of the conditions that we had to deal with. Well done divers! Hope to see you out on the boats again soon!

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CREW: Marnie (instructor) Joe (captain) Kelsey (crew)

CONDTIONS: Strong Koko Head Current (E), light rain, 89*F air, 81*F water

DIVE PROFILES: Corsair: 107ft max depth, 22min dive time, 100+ft visibility

Anglers: 44ft max depth, 29min dive time, 90+ft visibility

MARINE LIFE: trumpetfish, Moorish idol, moray eel, sea turtle, starfish, squirrelfish, trident snail, scorpionfish, sea cucumber, triggerfish