Turtles puffers and eels oh my!

Started a beautiful breezy Friday afternoon prepared  for a day of teaching and diving. Our up and coming open water students Carrie and Jason were practicing compass skills while the rest of our certified divers were suiting up. Our afternoon dive sites were planned for Angeler’s Reef and Koko Craters. Our first dive of the day had amazing visibility with a slight current. After working on a few skills our student and certified divers began our search for the creatures hiding between the rocks. Several eels poking their heads around and a few swimming freely between the cracks of the ledge. Puffer fish were all around this afternoon, swimming in schools of 5 and 6! Our second dive of the afternoon was met at the bottom of the mooring line by a HUGE green sea turtle. Our shelled friend effortlessly hovered in place while we kicked our way down into the Crater. After finishing up our last bit of skills the dive group hung out with a few sargent majors, trumpet fish and the happy Buddha statues standing guard. Our day ended in smiles and cheers for our new certified divers all the way back into harbor! _ CREW: Bradley (instructor) Jessica (instructor) Neil (captain) CONDITIONS: light rain/clouds, 84*F, 81*F water, visibility 80+ft DIVE PROFILES: Anglers Reef: 46ft max depth, 35min dive time Koko Crater: 40ft max depth, 36min dive time MARINE LIFE: spotted moray eel, green sea turtle, scorpionfish, puffer fish