David Pinilla, Author at Island Divers Hawaii https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/author/david-pinilla/ Mon, 04 Aug 2014 07:25:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 60298644 Baby Barge, YO257 & Fantasy reef! August 3rd https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/08/03/baby-barge-yo257-fantasy-reef-august-3rd/ Mon, 04 Aug 2014 04:24:53 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=6950 Having a beautiful day we set out for the Sunday 3 Tank dive, with a great crew, great student divers and certified divers and definitely the best Instructor we all left the Koko marina in direction to the Baby Barge, after a short 20 minute boat ride we arrived did a buddy check and dived […]

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]]> 6950 Turtles and Moray eel invasion! July 29th https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/07/29/turtles-and-moray-eel-invasion-july-29th/ Wed, 30 Jul 2014 04:00:07 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=6845 Having 91 degrees Fahrenheit and a clear blue sky, a group of certified divers and a student diver head for an afternoon dive into the beautiful Hanauma Bay. Aboard the Sea Fox we head out to the Koko crater for our first dive, after a short ride we suit up and dove in, with a […]

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]]> 6845 Sunday diving Sunday July 27th https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/07/27/sunday-diving-sunday-july-27th/ Mon, 28 Jul 2014 07:01:21 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=6803 What a fantastic way to finish the week , Sunday diving Sunday!  A clear sky, calm seas and a nice cooling breeze were the conditions we had for our  Sunday afternoon dive. Coming on the Dive Barge we had a first time divers, student divers and a certified diver so to accommodate everyone we head out […]

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]]> 6803 Koko crater & Pa’awa Harlequin shrimp 22nd July https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/07/22/koko-crater-paawa-afternoon-dive-22-july/ Wed, 23 Jul 2014 04:32:23 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=6703 For the Afternoon dive a group of six divers venture into Maunalua Bay to escape from the clouds above and dive into the beauty of the Ocean. We had a light breeze cooling us down during the short ride out to the Koko crater, Captain Kendal puts right on the spot and we descended to […]

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]]> 6703 Wreck dive at LCU and drift at spitting caves!!! July 21st, 2014 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/07/21/wreck-dive-at-lcu-and-drift-at-spitting-caves-july-21st-2014/ Tue, 22 Jul 2014 00:05:00 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=6689 We head out to the LCU for our first dive of the day, planning a wreck dive we choose this specific site to comply with our future Junior Advanced  Open water diver Trinity!!! Whom can only go to 70feet. The conditions were nice underwater with a mild current heading West, down there were big schools […]

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]]> 6689 Moray eel, Scorpionfish afternoon dive July 14th https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/07/14/moray-eel-scorpionfish-afternoon-dive-july-14th/ Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:45:26 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=6574 Afternoon dive out on the SeaFox, with a cloudy day we head out to Koko crater for our first dive. Once in, we dived into a strong surge and current but with no problem my divers tackled it without any worries!  The next dive, we sail towards Anglers reef looking for better visibility and less underwater “movement”. […]

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]]> 6574 Beautiful Afternoon dive! https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/07/08/beautiful-afternoon-dive/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:48:30 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=6427 Another amazing day of diving on the East  side of Oahu!  We went out to the Koko crater for our first dive of the afternoon, we all went in the water to be face to face with a huge yellow moray eel, right after that we encounter 4 more morays and then right in to […]

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]]> 6427 Rollin’ to the Baby Barge… Really Rollin! https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/06/11/rollin-to-the-baby-barge-really-rollin/ Thu, 12 Jun 2014 05:30:44 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=5955 We set out and the Ocean was rollin…  We had of course, the most qualified captain in Oahu, 25 year vet of the Coast Guard Capt Joe.  We moored up at Baby Barge and had no worries getting in…  What a great group of divers!  Baby Barge was murky but the animal life was still […]

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]]> 5955 Turtle meeting!! https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/06/10/turtle-meeting/ Wed, 11 Jun 2014 04:05:46 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=5931 June 10th, 2014 having some clouds and a bit of rain we departure for the afternoon dives, heading towards Koko crater the skies started to clear up and the sun came out. Once at Koko crater (back crater) the water was clear and we had a beautiful underwater visibility, there we stop by the cleaning […]

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]]> 5931 June 2nd Morning dive! https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/06/02/june-2nd-morning-dive/ Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:57:33 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=5804 Awesome day,weather and dive!!!    We went out to LCU for our first dive of the morning, having beautiful clear skies, flat seas and sunshine we venture west to the wreck dive. Once at LCU we descended into 85ft to find the LCU laying on its deck, swimming around we found the amazing frog fish, […]

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