Finding Eels in the Engine Compartment of the Corsair Wreck

Today was a fun day for Advanced Divers on the AM two tank charter. This morning our return customers took on our deepest wreck in Hawaii Kai, The Corsair, at a max depth of 107ft. The wind and waves were both calm and the current was a bit fast, but our divers were anxious to get in the water and make the descent down the the WWII fighter jet. Once we followed the mooring line down to the sandy bottom, divers glided passed a sea of garden eels towards the wreck. At the plane we spotted lots of wrasse and damsel fish hiding in under the wings of the plane. We also had two very large green moray eels resting in the engine compartment. The wreck was fun and the bottom time came too quick. We were back on the line, making a slow descent towards the surface.

Our next dive was a drift across Spitting Caves. After a 50 minute surface interval we were ready to jump back in! Once we made our descent towards the reef we began the search! Divers began poking their heads into lave tubes, searching for sharks and monk seals. Using our torches we spotted a few spinney  lobsters and a big collector crab! Drifting down the wall more eels and nocturnal fish were found in the shadows between the cracks. This drift was definitely not quite, for the whale were singing in harmony. After a 53 minute dive we made our safety stop as a group listening to the whales before hoping back on the boat.

Great fun diving with return customers today, lets do it again!

Cheers!

 

W: Bradley (instructor) John (captain)

CONDITIONS: Sunny, mid 70’s*F Air, 75*F water, visibility 80+ft

DIVE PROFILES: The Corsair: 107ft max depth, dive time 25 minutes. Spitting Caves: Max depth 56ft, dive time 48 minutes.

MARINE LIFE: Collector Crab, Parrot Fish, Garden Eels, Pennant Fish, Moray Eel, Lobsters!