37 Meters Down…Actually Just 36 Feet!

Working at a dive shop allows you to meet all sorts of people from all backgrounds, cultures, and in this case…ages! First of all meet the Davis family from Colorado with their youngest Jackson aka “Jack” who is 11 yrs old and not afraid to scuba dive! I believe this boy has an incredible future in scuba diving awaiting him when he turns 12. GO JACK!

You also get a variety of diving levels onboard the Sea Fox. We had certifieds and also 2 students who were going to be joining the ranks of certified divers after completing their OW 3 and 4 dives! Big shoutout to Evans for helping me out today.

So after getting all introductions out of the way. Our Captain Chris made his way out into the beautiful Maunalua Bay where we would go to our first dive site Koko Craters. The water temperature was at 79 degrees. So comfortable for some to not even have to wear a wet suit. The max depth again was 36 feet or 12 meters down in case you were wondering. So with good visibility and not too much current “conserving our oxygen” was no problem. We saw turtles, eels, and lots of other marine life. SHARKS….not so much. After seeing that there were no sharks present which in case there never are at this site we made our way over to the next site which is a nice “fingered reef” system called Turtle Canyons. We  had a max depth of 38 feet or so as we made our way in and out of the reefs spotting octopus, eels, sea urchins, star pillows, sea cucumbers, trumpet fish, and even an occasional puffer fish.

So in conclusion no snapped cages, no narcosis or almost running out of air, and no rescue attempts had to be made! It was an amazing day out on Oahu’s Pacific waters.

P.S. there was a shark spotted aboard the Sea Fox…but don’t worry our “tip shark” only ate “green things”!