Archive for month: February, 2015

Today was an amazing day out on the water! The sky was clear and the sun was shining. The water was crystal clear today as well with visibility being over 100 feet! We had a full boat this afternoon as we headed out to our shallow reef. The first site we went to was Koko Craters. After dropping down into back crater we saw lots of turtles and few Moray eels. After a 36 minute dive to 37 feet we headed back onto the boat to snack on some Famous Amos before our second dive.

When we were done catching some rays we hoped back in the water for out second dive at a site called Turtle Canyons. We found many more moray eels hiding in the coral and some on the hunt swimming around! We were even graced with the presence of a spotted eagle ray! One of the coolest fish we saw today was a Devil Scorpion fish. They are pretty hard to find because they are very good at blending in with the reef but when they feel threatened they flash their pectoral fins which on the inside have orange and yellow stripes to warn off predators. It is a truly amazing color display from such a well camouflaged creature. Overall we had an awesome day of diving.

Staff: Captain Sophie, Instructor Sarah, Instructor Dave, Instructor Larry

We had an absolutely wonderful day out on the waters of the southeast side of Oahu. With little wind and small swells we headed around to Sea Cave for the first dive.  There was great viz as we dropped in and had a little current on the bottom. Inside the cave we were treated to a Hawaiian monk seal swimming about checking us out, but we soon left as he didn’t seem to happy by our presence.  Along the wall we had reef fish all about with schools of pennant butterflyfish and damsel fish guarding their egg patches.  We had a great drift but soon had to head up for the next site.

For the second dive we dropped in at Palea Point with a strong current and perfect viz.  There were fish everywhere with color butterflyfish and wrasses everywhere as well as a few eels hiding around the coral. We also had a few turtles swimming about the area and even found a tiger cowrey hiding in a cave.  It was a great day to be on the water and wonderful way to spend the morning.

SUBMARINE !!  man, it is so fantastic to see a submarine while diving!  hard to describe, as you first hear the hum of the propeller and turn to find this absolutely classic-looking sub, emerging from the blue mist, and slowly cruising by you.  not too many dive sites can offer that!  it is so engaging to see this big machine, lined with portholes, which are filled with excited, arm-waving, picture-taking tourists,  pass by you underwater.  it never gets old!  well, come dive the YO 257 with us sometime, and there you are!  that was our 2nd dive today, the first was another crowd-pleaser, the Corsair airplane wreck.  fun today, with schools of fusiliers and moorish idols surrounding the wreck, garden eels in the sand, and well as the huge moray (today hanging out  in the plane’s tail) who has been living there for a while.  great dive!!   lots of whales spouting, belching, flossing and tossing during our surface intervals,  while we ate lunch and enjoyed the calm weather!  no more south winds please!!  3rd dive was a drift of the world class Sea Cave.  i think i can safely say that no one has ever not loved that dive – it is just unique – have to experience it.  today we saw 3 sharks inside, plus turtles, huge schools of fish, octopus, and great walls outside.  thanks to all for safe diving.  larry, max, joe.

corsair  107 f     33 m (EAN)

YO 257   100 f    40 m

Sea cave    50 f    45 m

Today was a beautiful day out on the water. The water was calm and the sun was shining. We had a pretty full boat as we headed out to the bay with 15 passengers today. The first site we headed to was Koko Craters. As soon as we dropped down we were greeted by a turtle. As we swam around the crater saying hello to our Dwarf who lives down there, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, we found quite a few more turtles.  One of which decided to follow us around for the rest of the dive! We had an awesome time hanging out with all the turtles.

We took a quick break during our surface interval to catch some ray and snack on some cookies before heading down for our second dive. We did our second dive at Turtle Canyons where right at the bottom of the mooring line we found a frog fish! We went for a swim around the reef and saw tons of fish, a moray eel, and awesome Instructor Larry found us an octopus! It was an awesome dive in awesome conditions. Another beautiful day both on and under the water. Thanks to everyone for coming out and diving with us!

Crew: Captain Kellan, Instructors Larry, Sarah, and Matt

Dive Profiles: Koko Craters- max depth:39 feet dive time: 31 minutes  Turtle Canyons- max depth: 34 feet dive time: 34 minutes

Conditions: Water temperature 75 degrees F  Visibility 40 ft