ME TARZAN, YOU TURTLE ! 7 march

well, i’m not really Tarzan (except occasionally in my dreams), but sometimes when we dive Koko Craters there are so many big green hawaiin sea turtles there, that it’s like Tarzan released a stampede of turtles and we’re swimming for our lives!  fortunately the turtles generally move pretty slow so they are rather easy to avoid.  But such great fun to see!  i love seeing the faces of divers when they see their very first 5 foot, 200 pound turtle cruising right next to them!  in fact, part of my briefing is, hey newbies when you see your first turtle don’t follow him up too high in the water column and end up doing a unintentional buoyant ascent.  but that is how mesmerizing they are to see, especially the first time! divers just follow them anywhere!   our standard joke when we get back on the boat, and divers are talking about the size or how many there were, we say incredulously, “what, you saw a turtle?!’  we laugh and laugh!!  our first dive was actually at Turtle Canyons, and that was fun.  mild current and good viz, loads of reef fish, some big eels, and that solitary huge eagle ray!  great diving today!  thanks to all for safe diving!  larry, max, JP, cap’n joe

 

turtle canyons  35 feet  40 minutes

koko craters 38 feet     40 minutes