From Wreck to Reef, A great Tuesday Morning for Diving

Tuesday morning proved to be another great morning in Maunalua Bay for diving. As we set out early at 8:30 our small group set sights on the first destination of Baby Barge. Sitting at an estimated 75ft of depth we were treated to good visibility of about 60 ft and little current which provided excellent conditions as our party made its drop down to the Barge. Waiting for us at the wreck was a collection of 6-8 adult Hawaiian Green Sea turtles who had decided make Baby Barge the spot for some rest and relaxation. These graceful giants were undisturbed with our presence and allowed the divers to observe them in their natural habitat as only diver can. Surrounding the wreck in several different locations is a rock shelf with small caves that house other marine life such as White Tip reef sharks and moray eels.

After we returned to the boat and completed our surface interval the group discussed their options of sites to dive next and quickly decided to shoot a little closer to shore for relaxing dive at the amazing Anglers Reef. Sitting at a max depth of 45ft Anglers Reef is a single shelf that runs for several hundred feet. Its five feet of depth change from top of the shelf to the bottom is home to a multitude of marine life and today it did not disappoint. After mooring up and making a quick decent down to the reef the group was again treated with wonderful encounters to a variety of eel’s, especially several very large Yellow Margin Morays. These intimidating looking creatures paid us no mind as we coasted by.  We also laid eyes on a couple Imperial Nudibranchs, some cleaner shrimp crowding tiny holes and a very well hidden Devil Scorpion fish. Not a bad morning at all.