Maxine Markert, Author at Island Divers Hawaii https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/author/maxine-markert/ Wed, 27 May 2015 08:13:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 60298644 LCU and Keanu Reef with Spotted Eagle Rays and Green Sea Turtles 5/26 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2015/05/26/lcu-and-keanu-reef-with-spotted-eagle-rays-and-green-sea-turtles-526/ Wed, 27 May 2015 08:13:36 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=10138 A pleasant day on Oahu for scuba diving, we made our way out of Maunalua Bay heading west towards diamond head. The LCU (Landing Craft Utility) is a wreck sunk for diving purposes it sits in 98ft of water. The LCU flipped in the process of being sunk so the deck of the vessel creates […]

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]]> 10138 Start the Wreck Week! LCU and Corsair 5/11 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2015/05/11/start-the-wreck-week-lcu-and-corsair-511/ Tue, 12 May 2015 09:11:44 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=10035 Wreck week has begun with a splash! We begin with our LCU, (Land Craft Utility) maximum depth of 95ft. The wreck sits on the bottom with cement piles around it an excellent spot for marine life to thrive. We were lucky enough to see a white tip reef shark as well as an octopus, and […]

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]]> 10035 Marine Mammal Extravaganza 1/11 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2015/01/11/marine-mammal-extravaganza-111/ Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:42:54 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=8987 This incredible Sunday we had excellent conditions, no wind, no waves, and 100+ visibility! Our first dive we went to the New Barge which most of our divers had never been too, with a boat full of regulars that is hard to do! James and Rene were super stoked to get around to a new […]

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]]> 8987 Cruising 3 tanker 12/7 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/12/08/cruising-3-tanker-127/ Tue, 09 Dec 2014 05:14:24 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=8630 Excellent day to be out on the water couldn’t have asked for a better group of diver on this lovely day. We started out our day at the Corsair our only natural wreck in Maunalua Bay and our deepest one as well! After a 20 minute dive we made our way over around Diamond head […]

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]]> 8630 Nightly Wonders 12/06 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/12/06/nightly-wonders-1206/ Sun, 07 Dec 2014 07:08:02 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=8625 What an excellent night we had! We started out at the Corsair with amazing conditions mild west current and 100+ vis. We were down for 20 minutes Mark and Justin took some funny photos in the cock pit, while Ryan and Ivan were circling the plane. Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. On our 40 […]

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]]> 8625 It’s an K kinda day 10/28 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/10/28/its-an-k-kinda-day-1028/ Wed, 29 Oct 2014 05:24:09 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=8117 Starting out our beautiful day we headed out to the Kahala Barge, excellent conditions slack current and 100+ visibility! Yay we got to penetrate the wreck incredible conditions maximum depth was 98 ft. After a 25 minute dive we were back on the boat small swell today but all the same still a battle to […]

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]]> 8117 Splendid Spitting 10/27 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/10/27/splendid-spitting-1027/ Tue, 28 Oct 2014 05:19:45 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=8098 Starting out our enchanting afternoon we departed with four extremely cheerful divers and two enthusiastic instructors Larry and myself. Tom came out went solo with Larry to get him back in the swing of things. Raymond and Hannah have been out with us several times before and they were out to play with their go […]

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]]> 8098 Afternoon Delight 10/26 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/10/26/afternoon-delight-1026/ Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:02:28 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=8078 What a pleasant day to spend underwater, very little current and excellent visibility. On our first dive we went to Turtle Canyons and saw a spotted eagle ray. It was really incredible small East current but lots of eels and turtles. Marcus finished up all of his skills for his open water course he did […]

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]]> 8078 Super Deep Sunday 10/12 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/10/12/super-deep-sunday-1012/ Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:06:58 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=7932 Starting out our day we wanted to go to the Corsair plane unfortunately the conditions did not allow for that so we made our way over and drifted Baby Barge’s shark cave to the inshore ledge. Excellent dive 80+ visibility and getting as deep as 98 ft. Some overly friendly turtles, and 30 minutes later […]

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]]> 7932 Maximum experience 10/11 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/2014/10/11/maximum-experience-1011/ Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:50:04 +0000 https://www.oahuscubadiving.com/?p=7915 Excellent conditions on this lovely October day. 60+ visibility at Koko Craters 6 turtles! It was an awesome day for eels as well. I had three open water students Chris and Christin are PADI’s newest open water divers as of this afternoon Congradulations! Jeff was also fortune enough to dive with us today and complete […]

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