Archive for year: 2015

It was a beautiful day out on the water today. The wind was blowing which gave us a bit of a surface current but once we got under water the conditions were great! The visibility was around 70 feet and the water temperature was 79 degrees Fahrenheit. The first dive site we went to was Koko Craters. Once we dropped down to 37 feet we swam around and found some turtles. We also saw tons of reef fish such as Sargent Majors, trumpet fish, and moorish idols.

For our second dive we went to  Turtle Canyons. Here we saw more reef fish including the adorable Porcupine fish! We even saw a moray eel out swimming around looking for prey! We were also able to find a couple nudibranchs! The Blue Dragon Nudibranch and the Imperial Nudibranch.  Our maximum depth at Turtle Canyons was 33 feet. After a 42 minute dive we headed back up to the boat to enjoy the sun as we cruised back to the dock. Overall it was another beautiful day on the water.

Crew:  Captain Joe, Instructor Sarah, Instructor Peter, Crew Kelsey

Wow, so many turtles today!  We always see a fair amount of large Hawaiin green sea turtles, but lately we have been seeing lots of smaller and younger turtles.  Sea Life Park does have a program where they hatch baby turtles and release them into the ocean over in Waimanalo.  I was lucky enough to be there once, and it is a sight to see these little guys scramble over the sand and into the waves!  so much energy!  We started out looking for sharks today, so off to the Landing Craft Unit.  no sharks, but a fleet of eagle rays came cruising by, and circumnavigated the wreck several times, so we all got some great looks!  we also got to see an octopus, and a huge turtle, who also cruised under us on our safety stop.  2nd jump was a drift of Spitting Cave, and it was perfect!  just the right amount of current to push us along, but not rush us, allowed us to see so much big marine life!  huge turtles, a monk seal, more rays, 2 frog fish, another octopus, and large schools of reef fish!  great morning of diving! thanks to all for safe diving!  larry, joe

LCU            90 ft.   35 min   130 viz

Spitting Cave   50 ft   50 min.  100 viz

Today was a wonderful day to be on the waters off Oahu scuba diving.  There was perfect visibility today as we headed out on the morning Sea Fox charter.  We had a few people out diving with us who had extra time on the islands due to different airline incidents and what better way to spend dive but go diving.  For the first site we dove Kahala Barge and it was wonderful.  With the clear water and a medium current we got to the bottom and had reef fish all about the wreck.  There were pyramid and pennant butterflyfish and damsel fish as well as some wrasses as well.  We also had the good luck of seeing a spotted eagle ray swimming by the area.

For the second dive we drifted Spitting Caves and again it was a great dive.  There was wonderful viz and a good current as we moved along the wall.  There were schools of goatfish and butterflyfish all along the site plus a nice sized green sea turtle.  We also found a large frogfish and a few eels hiding about. It was a wonderful day to be scuba diving.

SCUBA Divers in the world you must dive in Hawaii, which has spectacular diving adventures awaiting you!  today we did the Kahala Barge in excellent conditions.  mild current and great visibility helped us to find sharks, turtles, octopus, big moray eels, as well as a huge peacock flounder sitting (?) right on the deck!!  Dr. Joe and daughter Kristina, the Cawdrys, were out for fun, and Barb was doing her wreck specialty dive one as well.  2nd jump was a drift of the ever-pleasing Spitting Caves, where we saw fish eating algae off a turtles back, some large schools of reef fish, rock scorpion fish, frog fish, and played a little hide-n-seek with a cute little octopus! thanks to all for safe diving!  larry, joe, kelsea

kahala  90 ft  35 min  100 viz

spitting 50 ft  50 min  100 viz