Double Drift with Sharks and Turtles! 5/7 AM

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It was a little rainy and grey out this morning but those always make for some of the best dive days! There was a mildly strong current this morning so our group of experienced divers opted for the double drift dive.  The shark cave is were we started our dive.  Greeted by turtles right at the decent was a great experience for all. I heard the squeals of delight as our graceful Honu glided our way.  They seemed to be very interested in the divers today which always makes for a nice interaction.  Slowly drifting along we made our way to the baby barge, where we were greeted by even more turtles.  The barge had loads of reef fish out and the eels were tucking in and around the reef.  After exploring the reef a bit we went on and exploration dive.  Gliding down the reef, inspecting all the nooks and crannies was fun.  We even found a very pregnant white tip reef shark.  Equally excited sounds and looks from our divers.  We drifted on with the current and made our way to the “tire reef”.  This isn’t somewhere we go often so it’s pretty interesting to see.

One of our favorite drifts is Fantasy reef.  Pretty sure we call it that because of all the amazing things you see there.  There must have been more than 20 turtles on this dive much to the delight of everyone.  We also got to see the baby reef sharks.  They are only about 2 feet long and hide in a couple of spots.  This dive instructor is pretty happy she knows those spots to share the beauty of our little guys with everyone.  Couple of eels did a quick swim by us and we also got to see one of the biggest dang Morays I have seen around under one of the ledges.  Dylan and Conrad dove Nitrox today extending there bottom time of the dives.  Congratulations to Dylan, who completed his PADI Enriched Air Specialty today.  He did a great job and was and excellent student.  Yumiko loved getting back into diving so much she signed up for the PADI Advanced Open Water class and can’t wait to start!!  We had hot towels after the dive to freshen up with made by Kelsey.  What a great day at Sea and Under.

What a beautiful relaxing day we had with the slight drizzle of a grey day.  Hawaii even makes the rainy days amazing.

Amazing divers:  Juliet, John, Dylan, Conrad, Chad, Catherine, Renee, Bruce, Yumiko, Tom, Mike and James.

Dive Sites:  Baby Barge Drift 85 ft max depth, drift.  Fantasy Reef, max depth 55 feet, drift.

Fantastic Crew:  Capt Joe, Dive Instructors Mary and Kevin, Boat Crew Kelsey!