Turtle Thursday!! June 16

The winds were still blowing, but the swell had calmed down, as we headed out on the “Sea Fox” this morning. We had a small group of certified divers that couldn’t wait to jump in, even though it was a rocky topside.

Our first dive site was LCU. LCU is a landing craft that was accidentally sunk upside down, which makes for a unique dive. Divers can explore underneath the wreck and circle the props on their ascent. Today, visibility was amazing! We could clearly see the wreck as we descended even though it was almost 100ft down. We saw a massive school of barracudas right off the bat. As we made our way along the bow of the ship, we came across a lone eagle ray hanging out in the current. A white tip reef shark came to play as we made our way back to wreck after exploring the surrounding area.

We were able to make it over to Spitting Caves for our second dive. The current was quite strong, which made for a thrilling drift along the wall. Throughout the dive, turtles came to visit us. There was even a baby Honu that was the size of a small backpack! Cutest animal ever! We found another white tip reef shark snoozing on the sand in the A- cave. Towards the end of our drift, we came across a Devil’s Scorpionfish (the most venomous fish in the sea) and a gorgeous white-mouth moray eel. Despite the swell-y conditions on the surface, we had absolutely lovely time under the sea today!

Awesome divers: Beth, Ralf, and Rich. Mahalo for diving with us and we hope to see you soon!

Amazing staff: Capt Kendal, Instructor Chelsea and Deckhand Courtnie.