Deep, Dark and Wrecked

Tuesday morning was a great day for diving on the Sea Fox. We had a boat of Advanced and experienced divers from across the U.S, Europe and our own backyard of Hawaii Kai. The guest on the boat have not only been diving with us today, but the whole week! So we took a vote on where to descend on our first dive. The group was looking for something deep and sunken, so Capt. Joe pointed the bow into the right direction. The wreck we picked this particular morning was the Kahala Barge, a 250 yard vessel resting at 90 feet,  upright and fully intact. This wreck has a fun penetration point in the pilothouse, which made for great photos. After a slow ascent and and safety stop, the group hopped back on the boat for hot chocolate and cookies while we motored off to our next destination. Once the group was all warmed up and equipment with new tanks we began to suit up for our next dive. For our second dive of the day we chose a fun and relaxed Drift Dive through Spitting Caves. This descent was a negative one as, and it couldn’t of been better! With no air in our BCD’s the group went one after another and entered the water heading down below the surface where we all re-grouped and carried on. This dive was visibility was awesome, and the current was fast. We stuck together as a team and caught a few great creatures cruising past. Several big sea turtles swam again the current effortlessly, while eels and octopus hid between the crack. Several large nunu trumpet fish were hanging out and a cute juvenile cow fish was spotted and captured on film!

Diving with a group and happy an experienced divers is always a fun time. We all came back salty and smiling with 2 more dives to add to the log book!

W: Bradley (instructor) Joe (captain) CONDITIONS: Windy/Sunny, High 70’s , 78*F water, visibility 60+ft DIVE PROFILES: Kahala Barge: 90ft max depth, 31min dive time Spitting Caves: 48ft max depth, 44min dive time MARINE LIFE: spotted moray eel, green sea turtle, octopus, nunu trumpet fish, cow fish