CAVE DIVING! 16 January

Well, not really cave diving, but lava tube diving.  Our famous dive we call Sea Cave was dive number two today, and everyone was blown away as usual!!  this ancient opening in the wall outside Hanauma Bay is a habitat to sharks, turtles, and often, monk seals.  it is quite large inside, and quite bright due to the size of the surface opening.  today we saw several white tip sharks inside, plus a huge hairy leg hermit crab. no monk seals today, but several turtles cruised by us as we drifted the wall toward Hanauma, plus huge schools of various reef fish!  the current was perfect, and the viz was good, as we drifted along and over the coral and lava rock.  baby barge was our first dive, and we moored up and visited the shark cave, spotting turtles and rays along the way.  on the barge we saw a moray eel getting his teeth checked by a banded coral shrimp.  amazing symbiotic relationship!  fun to see!!  thanks to all for safe diving!  larry, joe

baby barge    80 feet   120 viz   35 minutes

sea cave        50 feet    100 viz  44 minutes