Archive for year: 2017

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”!

It was another sunny and fun-filled day on June the 3rd. We had a great group which consisted of certified divers, OW and AOW students, and also 1st timers (DSD’s)! With myself, Everett, and Carl as the instructors and Matt at the helm we set out for the bay. With the water temperature just right at 78 degrees we headed out to Koko Craters. Surface was a little choppy, but once we cleared that the visibility was incredible with hovering turtles, very gabby looking eels, big eyed pufferfish, and so much more right before our eyes. Our maximum depth was at 36 ft.

Once everyone exited the water we headed out to Turtle Canyons where again views with 50 ft. visibility got our attention and the sea life it had. With a maximum depth of 38 ft. trumpetfish, scorpion fish, star pillows, sea urchins, eels, and Hawaiian State fish were just a few of the many species we saw today.

Big shout out to Everett and Carl for helping me out with everyone. Congrats to OW and AOW students for advancing themselves in the great world of diving!

Like Father, like Son-in-law.
Mark did his refresher while Mickey tried diving for his very first time and did very well I might add.

What better thing to do then go diving to celebrate Memorial Day! That’s what 3 students and 4 certified divers, and another instructor (Bill) thought as well. With Captain Shiloh at the helm we made our way out into the gorgeous Maunalua Bay. I had wondered how things were going to be since the “King Tides” making their way here on the south shores of Oahu, but was pleasantly surprised with good visibility 50 ft. and not too much current on our first dive site, Koko Craters! The water temperature at 78 degrees made it comfortable as well. There at the site we saw many things such as eels, sea cucumbers, Hawaiian State fish ( Humuhumunukunukuapua), pufferfish, and not to mention the main attraction, the great sea turtles! They were everywhere!

After there we decided on our next destination, Angler’s Reef with a maximum depth of about 45 feet and, we made our way and hooked up to the mooring line. The visibility here was also around 50 ft. Upon descending there were plenty of sea life to see all along the top of the mini wall. We saw other things such as little and big eels, star pillows, nudibranchs, trumpetfish, pufferfish, and many other different forms of life.

Upon concluding this dive we had two more join our ranks of certified divers! Big shout out and congratulations to Melinda and Brandon upon completing their Open Water!

Big shoutout to Bill for helping me out today.