Archive for month: April, 2015

It was a nice day on the waters of southeast Oahu this morning as we headed out on the morning Sea Fox charter.  We had a wonderful group of divers for the three tanker as we went to the LCU for the first dive.  The water was perfectly clear as we got down the line and right away we found a white tip reef shark swimming around the wreck.  There were also a large school of yellow stripe goatfish about the ship.

For the second dive we drifted Skimmins Reef and again had a great dive.  There were reef fish all about us with pennant butterflyfish and damsels swimming around the reef.  The current was mild as we covered as much of the rock formations as possible.

For the last dive we visited a rarely dove reef we call McDonalds. Out past Sandys Beach on the southeast corner of Oahu is a great rocky reef wall with fish life all around and a few swim-throughs. We had a few nudibraches hiding among the coral and even found a couple bandit angelfish, a species only found in Hawaii. Even with some unusual winds today, it was a great day for diving.

Today was a glorious day out on Maunaloa Bay. The sun was shining as we headed out from the dive shop  into the bay. The first dive site we went to was Anglers Reef. We dropped down to 43  feet and swam along the ledge looking for whatever marine life we could find. Today we were able to see a  couple moray eels, an octopus hiding in the coral, and lots of reef fish swimming around. As we neared the end of the dive after 38 minutes we were passed by a spotted eagle ray! He came and went but we were grateful for his presence none the less.

We had a brief surface interval to warm up and switch over tanks as we headed over to our second dive site which was Turtle Canyons. There was another spotted eagle ray hanging out at the bottom of the mooring line as soon as we jumped into the water. We dropped  down to 33 feet and went for a tour around the reef. We found  a few more  moray eels at this site as well as a turtle! We were also able to find a couple different nudibranchs, the imperial nudibranch, lacey nudibranch and blue dragon nudibranch. After 33 minutes we headed back up to the boat. Overall it was an excellent day of diving and we welcome the worlds two newest PADI open water scuba divers into the world! Congratulations Britney and Alexander!

Crew: Captain Kendal, Instructor Sarah, Instructor Matt, Crew Erin

Conditions: Visibility 30 feet, water temperature 75 degrees Fahrenheit

Congrats to good friend and long time Island Diver Hawaii customer, Jon J., who logged in dives 100 and 101 !!  many thanks to you for making my job easy and fun over the last few years!!  dive 100 was Baby Barge, with 150 foot visibility and ripping current! it was one of those days where the current and wind were both quite strong, and moving in opposite directions, causing the Fox to sit right on top of the wreck, an unusual situation!  on the wreck we found some huge turtles, moray eels, lobster, and lots of fish!!  no shark cave visit today, as the current was just too strong!  2nd jump was a fantastic drift of Fantasy Reef, where we saw more huge turtles, some big ulua (jacks), juvenile frogfish, large schools of reef fish, green head and yellow margin morays, and enjoyed the abundant coral and topography of a spectacular dive site!  thanks to  all for safe diving!  larry, beau, captain joe

baby barge         80 ft   150 viz   40 min

fantasy reef       52 ft     80 viz    48 min