Kings, Queens and Crown of Thorns! Jan 23
Divers ready, gear set and the Sea Fox launched into partly cloudy weather with a boat for full of advanced divers! Small waves with pockets full of sunshine during the twenty minute ride out to our first wreck to Baby Barge. On the boat today we had several Dive Masters in training and advanced divers looking to have fun! Once the boat was tied off our divers entered the water in stride, giant strides that is! Once the divers where in the water we began our descent down to the wreck. Bellow the water was cool, calm and crystal clear with 80+ visibility. With light current we made our way down to a max depth of 79ft to explore the broken barge and uncover lobsters and scorpion fish with our touches. After a peak around the sunken wreck our divers made the way down to a ledge that lead to lave tubes and caves that have been known to hide white tip reef sharks. Unfortunately the sharks where not around, but luckily for us several large sea turtles seemed to have taken their place!
We soon turned around after reaching 20 minutes into our dive and headed back to the sunken wreck for one more quick look around before making our slow assent and safety stop towards the surfacing and onto the boat. On the surface divers relaxed and enjoyed the sun while we motored around seeing whale spouts in the distance! Before we knew it divers where feeling a little do dry and ready to jump back into the water for another bubble. Once we reached our next destination divers where already geared up and ready to jump! With Capt. Joe over the dive site our divers got inline for the jump… divers ready!? DIVE DIVE DIVE! One after another we entered the water and regrouped below the boat to begin drifting Fantasy Reef!
Under the water we began searching for creatures hiding in the cracks. Our Dive Master in training had a keen eye for spotting Moray Eels and schools of Squirrel fish hiding in the shadows. A Hawaiian Lion Fish was found floating closely next to a large Crown of Thorns. A few types of nudibranchs were inching their way across the sea floor while the group drifted steady westward towards Diamond Head. Below the bottom the visibility was awesome! Turtles surfacing with the sound the dolphins in the distance, reaching 35 minutes divers where heading into the blue to begin a safety stop before heading back to the surface.
On the top the Captain and Crew prepared the boat for departure while our divers relaxed and shared pictures as the Sea Fox motored back into harbor just in time for lunch!
Another great dive on diving in Hawaii with great divers!
W: Bradley (instructor) Joe (captain)
CONDITIONS: Partly Cloudy, Mid 70′s , 74*F water, visibility 60+ft
DIVE PROFILES: Baby Barge: 79ft max depth, dive time 38 minutes. Fantasy Reef: Max depth 53ft, dive time 39 minutes.
MARINE LIFE: Nudibranchs, Moray Eels, Scorpion Fish, Hawaiian Lion Fish, Crown of Thorns & Green Sea Turtles!
