Sarah Moore

Amazing Dives to End the Year

/in /by

We had some amazing dives off the Seafox this morning. The ocean gave us a pretty good show to end the year with a bang. We had a fun and excited group with us out on the boat today. First dive site we went to was the LCU. Visibility was beautiful today. We dropped down to 90 feet and cruised underneath the wreck to check out the fish and see what was hiding underneath today. As soon as we came back out we were greeted by a group of 7 spotted eagle rays! They were cruising in the current right next to the wreck. So awesome to see those guys up close. On the front of the wreck we found a slipper lobster. Then we went and checked out the blocks surrounding the wreck and found two white tip reef sharks. It was a beautiful dive at the LCU. For the second dive we went to Fantasy Reef. We had crystal clear visibility over the reef today was well. We found a beautiful flounder swimming along the bottom at the beginning of the dive. At least 10 turtles throughout the dive. Another white tip reef shark sleeping in a little cave. A couple barracuda. Quite a few moray eels, one of the yellow margin morays out swimming around! But the highlight of the dive was the great big hawaiian stingray. A rare sight to see and it was absolutely amazing. With about a 6 foot wingspan this creature was nothing short of incredible. It was a great drift across fantasy reef this morning with some great dive buddies. So glad everyone came out diving with us this morning and hope to see you all on the boat again soon! And a special congratulations to Claire for completing her nitrox certification today! Dive on!

Crew: Captain Joe, Instructor Sarah, Instructor Dave, Instructor Everett

Conditions: Visibility 100+ ft, water temperature 76 degrees fahrenheit

Sarah Moore

Twas The Day After Christmas

/in /by

Twas the day after Christmas and all through Maunalua Bay sea creatures were swimming and roaming about. Today we had a great group of divers on the boat for some Christmas diving celebrations. With great underwater conditions we headed out to LCU for our wreck dive. The visibility was over 100 feet today at LCU! It really was beautiful down there. We saw one spotted eagle ray cruising around the wreck for almost our entire 30 minute dive. We also found a white tip reef shark napping underneath one of the cement blocks. And a hawaiian green sea turtle even stopped by the wreck to say hello. A few moray eels around the wreck today and tons of fish milling about. A beautiful and relaxing dive on the wreck today. We headed back up to the boat for some hot chocolate and made our way over to Fantasy reef for the drift dive. The visibility was incredible at fantasy reef today as well. We had a great drift along the reef with lots and lots of sea creatures along the way. In one hole we found some unlikely friends sharing the christmas spirit, a yellow margin moray, a slipper lobster, and a swimming crab all in the same hole! We saw lots of different moray eels along the reef today. Quite a few sea turtles. Another white tip reef shark, sleeping again, feeling the holiday slumber. And to top it all off, a christmas miracle, two massive frog fish! Overall an awesome day of diving with some awesome dive buddies. Thanks to all our return dive buddies for coming back to see us and to all my new dive buddies from today I hope to see you out on the boat again soon! And a special congratulations to Mehrdad and Laura for completing the nitrox specialty! Happy Holidays to all!

Crew: Captain Joe, Instructor Sarah, Instructor Mary, Crew Krystal

 

Sarah Moore

Spotted Eagle Rays for Aloha Friday

/in /by

Today was a beautiful day out on the boat. We finally got a break from the strong winds and got some warm sunshine! It was great on top of the water and underneath today. For our first dive we went to LCU. The visibility was 100+ today. We dropped down to the wreck at 90 feet and took a cruise around spotting a couple moray eels, a blue dragon nudibranch, some adorable reef fish, a giant school of barracuda, but the main attraction today was the school of 11 spotted eagle rays! Always awesome to see these guys and super special to see so many of them! They are so graceful as they glide in the current. It was an awesome dive. But the fun didn’t stop there. We went to fantasy reef for our second dive. An exciting 50 minute drift along the reef with lots to see. We saw at least 10 turtles throughout the dive, an octopus, a couple more barracudas, imperial nudibranches, a porcupine fish, a devil scorpion fish, and a massive trident trumpet. Oh and of course a few more moray eels. It was an awesome dive with some awesome dive buddies. Hope to see everyone out on the boat again soon! Aloha!