Red, White, Blue and 2 Monk Seals! 7/4 AM dive

Divers really know how to celebrate holidays and we do it in such an amazing fashion. The group was ready to go a bit early so we motored out to our first site. We did kind of a mini drift drive on Baby Barge. Starting at the shark cave was a great choice. We sadly didn’t see sharks there but boy oh boy did we see turtles. They were in the cave, they were out free swimming all around us, they were at the barge. It was breathtaking for all of us and we could really see them in the 100+ foot of visibility. We explored the wreck for awhile then drifted on. Lots of moray eels and loads of reef fish!

hawaiian green see turtle

2 turtles with baby barge in back ground

yellow margin moray eels

Having some fun in the sun on this beautiful day we made our way to spitting caves. Spitting Caves is one of our favorite dive sites because you just never know what you are going to see there. The visibility wasn’t as great as on the first dive but we still got to see so much. When we dropped in there was a huge school of moorish idol’s that surrounded us. This is always magical to see them in every direction. It was a slow current so we got to explore a lot. That’s when it happened. TWO MONK SEALS!! Dive instructor Sarah spotted them first and called the group back. They were to two cutest seals and so playful with each other. One was pretty interested in us, I suspect this one is the one that joins our dives occasionally. The divers all kept there distance, we have great respect knowing as cute as they are, they are still wild animals. Everyone with cameras was in dive heaven! We also got to enjoy 2 snake eels that were completely out of hiding. The reef fish were surrounding us all the way on the dive and yes….More turtles! What an amazing way to start this holiday! Back on the boat Jeff prepared hot towels for everyone to freshen up with as we all excitedly chatted about our sightings!