Super Saturday!! Sept 03 am

Always a fun time when we get to dive the historic Corsair wreck.  This plane had to do an emergency ditch in 1948 and still sits on the sea floor today.  For being down there over 65 years it sure has held up well.  The water was clear and warm as we made our decent.  You could see the plane from almost the moment you jumped in the water.  Lots of reef fish around, and the beautiful scorpion leaf fish that have taken up residents there.  The wing in the sand and the body listing a bit to the side.  It’s always amazing to think of how many missions this plane may have flown before finding it’s final resting spot here in Maunalua Bay.  A perfect setting for many to check off bucket list dives and for Nick to do is PADI Enriched Air course dives, giving him extra time.

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Corsair

In search of turtles for the next dive, Fantasy Reef was our choice.  The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles or Honu as we know them in Hawaii were everywhere!  There are so many beautiful reef fish here, you add in eels,sharks,  turtles, and the various odd fish we get to see makes this dive one of our favorites.  The Honu were out in force today and had lots of interest in the divers.  The current for our drift dive was pretty light which made exploring more of the reef super easy.  Everyone really had a great time. This was the perfect dive for Peter to finish his PADI Drift Diving Specialty on.  Kelsey had hot minty towels for everyone to freshen up with after the dive.  It was really a Super Saturday!!

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smiling white tip reef shark

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Green Sea Turtle

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coral

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green sea turtle

 

 

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hiding yellow margin moray

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Green Sea Turtle and Divers

Dive Sites:  Corsair, max depth 107 feet, viz 100+, Wreck dive

Fantasy Reef, max depth 55, viz 100 feet, Drift Dive

 

Awesome Divers:  Bob, Dave, Eric, Sara, Tom, Kevin, Matt, Nicholas, Brian, Peter, Steven and Tim!

Congratulations Peter on your Drift Diving Spec and Nicholas on your PADI Enriched Air Spec.

sept 02

Amazing Staff:  Capt Joe, Dive Instructors Mary and Matt and Fabulous Kelsey was crew!