Grumpy Turtle (Nov 22)

Today was a great day to learn how to dive! We had nice calm seas for our trip on the Sea Fox. With us today, we had people from all over the world learning how to dive.

We headed over to Koko Crater to finish up our skills to complete the certification process. Divers did fantastic, during both the dive skills and the navigation skills.

We spotted this grumpy turtle hanging out at back crater right near the gnome statue.

On our way back to the boat some more turtles joined up on our journey between craters. They were curious of the divers in their world.

At our second site, Angler’s Reef, we encountered some really unique creatures along the ledge. These pencil urchins are all over the reef!

This guy was popping out of the hole in the reef, another curious creature that we encountered!

There was also a lot of micro things to see as well. We spotted these little nudibranch cruising along the reef edge, trailing along behind one another to conserve their energy.

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CREW: Marnie (instructor) Larry (instructor) Manolo (instructor) Joe (captain) Greg (crew)

CONDITIONS: 83*F air, Sunny, Slight Breeze, 80*F water

DIVE PROFILES: Koko Crater: 28 min dive time, 40ft max depth, visbility 100ft

Anglers Reef: 45ft max depth, 32 min dive time, visibility 80ft

MARINE LIFE: nudibranch, sea turtle, moray eel, Moorish idol, wrasse, urchins