Turtles, eels, and fish! Oh my! June 20

The water was still relatively calm as we made our way out into Moanalua Bay for our afternoon dives. We had a few people completing their Open Water certification, a few working on the Advanced certification, and some certified divers. Conditions were lovely and we were able to head out to Fantasy Reef (max depth 55ft) for our first dive. We stumbled upon an octopus right at the base of the mooring, which was a great way to start out our dive. As we swam along, we ran into multiple turtles and little eels. One group even saw an eagle ray! The shark cave didn’t disappoint: there was a small whitetip reef shark trying to get comfortable for an afternoon nap.

Our second dive site was Turtle Canyon. The current was a little strong, but there were hundred and hundreds of little gold ring surgeonfish in a mating aggregation. The water looked so dark as the fish swarmed. We found a few little nudibranchs, a small hawaiian green sea turtle, and even an octopus!! The best part of the dive for me was swimming through the massive gold ring surgeonfish aggregations. It was so great to have these little fish so close to us and not caring that we were there trying to swim along. Congrats to the Todorinovs who are now Open Water divers!

Amazing staff: Capt Joe, Inst. Chelsea, Larry, and Jim