OCTOPUS ARE STRONG !! 12 October

another great dive day on the books, as we took the barge out for an afternoon of students and certs.  I had julia doing her Advanced Open Water, and Jeffrey doing his Open Water 3/4!  great divers both!  current is still moon-strong, but we had good viz at our first site, Pa’ava.  Pa’ava has a concentration of fish in one spot, really fun to swim through and be surrounded by shoaling reef fish! we found a huge octopus who tried to pull me into his little den, and i really had to work to escape his grip!!   instructor Dave had some certs out for fun, laura and moss from australia, locals julie and dad, plus Howard the quarry-master from Michigan.  2nd jump was Anglers Ledge and we had a great drift back to the boat, spotting some huge eels, a couple of scorpion fish, helmet conch, and more schools of shoaling fish, particularly long-tail banner fish!  thanks to all for safe diving!  larry, dave, and capt. neil

pa’ava   35 feet   40 minutes

anglers ledge   48 feet   37 minutes