Archive for month: September, 2014

Monday – On the boat we had Sam, Greg, Dan, Tim, and Jim. The first site up was the Corsair; it’s one of our deepest sites and I love diving it because when it’s possible to dive it it’s always really peaceful. Today was no exception with a very small current that tapered off towards the end of our dive and 100+ visibility. We saw some goat fish, a bunch of dascyllus hung out with us on the line, and there were tons of garden eels as always. From there it was perfect timing to go dive spitting caves and look for some sharks! Unfortunately we didn’t spy any sharks, but we saw a bunch of octopus, an eagle ray and a couple green sea turtles. Oh and some mature frogfish! Hideous! Thanks everyone for coming out, we’ll see you next time.

Conditions: Low wind, Medium swell, Very sunny
Dive Conditions: Small to dwindling current, high visibility ~120ft, 84*F, fish density:high
Sites: Corsair 105ft 25min, Spitting Caves 50ft 40min
Sealife Seen: Dascyllus, Green sea turtle, Spotted moray, Eagle ray, Pacific Octopus, Adult Frogfish
Staff: Captain Kendall, Crew Dan, Inst Kellan

Another great day on and in the blue waters of Oahu.  Captain Kendal took us over to the back crater at Kokos, where we jumped into the warm, clear water.  80 plus degrees – no wetsuit needed!  A bit of surge, but intro diver Alex handled it like a veteran – much better than her experienced Dad!  Just kidding peter!! Dad and daughter both big sea hawk fans!

Also along was Ria, doing dives 3/4 for her Open water cert!  It takes her a minute to get used to being underwater, then she’s a like long time diver – great buoyancy and swimming skills.  Several big turtles, eels, and big fat statues, plus lots of reef fish were seen along the way!  2nd jump was over at Turtle Canyons, where we saw shoaling juvenile reef fish, a baby turtle, an octopus, plus some big eels!  Thanks to all for safe diving,  larry, kendal

koko craters – 38 ft 120 viz 40 minutes

turtles canyons – 35 feet 120 viz 44 minutes

It was a humid afternoon aboard the Sea Fox. We had a full boat today with many different levels of divers. Some certified, students and DSD’s alike came together to enjoy the awesome conditions out on the south side of Oahu.

At our first site, we spotted many different kinds of sea creatures, from the famous green sea turtle to the white mouthed eels. The water temperature was fantastic and most of the divers enjoyed the day without wearing a wetsuit.

We spotted many of the different statues that sit beneath the waves at this particular site. It allowed all of the divers to get some great photos while the visibility was good!

After we spent nearly 40minutes underwater, we made our way back onto the boat for a shirt surface interval and snacks while chatting amongst the other divers. It was a great conversation!

We decided to hop in at our second site after a short interval. Since we didn’t go very deep and we weren’t planning on going any deeper, we didn’t need to spend a lot of time aboard the boat. WE were ready to hop back in!

The visibility was fantastic at our second site. There was so much to see right after we hopped into the water!

We spent time exploring the reef floor and found some really great things, like this hidden scorpionfish.

As usual, the reef was teeming with marine life and the fish were out in abundance. The water got even warmer, and was now at a warm 83*F.

While we were cruising along the reef, we noticed a spotted eagle ray swimming past. It was huge! We tried to follow for a bit but he was going rather fast, and we just couldn’t keep up. Such a great thing to see in the shallows!

After the dive, we again made our way back aboard the Sea Fox to head back into the marina.

Many of the divers left with not only a great experience, but some new friends as well!

Congrats to the newest PADI divers and thanks to everyone who came out and made the afternoon so fantastic!

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

CONDITIONS: visibility 80+ft, sunny, 92*F air, 82*F water, slight breeze

DIVE PROFILES: Koko Crater: 40ft max depth, 39min bottom time

Turtle Canyon: 38ft max depth, 42min bottom time

MARINE LIFE: green sea turtle, spotted eagle ray, white mouthed eel, pincushion seastar, trumpetfish

A blast diving today – winds are down, so hot and sticky above water, but perfect under the sea!!  Captain Joe took us over to the LCU, as we were hoping for some sharks hanging around under the wreck.  Still some south swell, but basically pretty flat seas, so real nice surface conditions.  We moored up and dropped in, lots of moving plankton, but decent viz, around 80 feet.  The sharks were there, at least five good sized white tips, who posed for our photogs!  No eagle rays in sight, but some nice eels!  2nd jump was a drift of the world famous Spitting Cave, and it came through big time.  So much to see over there, with majestic, dramatic walls, canyons, and caves to explore, as well as myriad types of marine life, from large to small.  Huge turtles, big eels, scorpion fish, a baby octopus, and a flock (Davy’s word) of 8 squid.  Thanks to squid head mike (see photo), Joshua from Seattle/arizona (hot!), William from disneyland, and the boys of HSU drew, jon, and neal for safe diving.  larry and captain joe

 

LCU  90 feet  30 minutes  80 viz

Spitting Cave  50 feet 50 minutes 80 viz