ISLAND DIVERS HAWAII DIVE REPORTS
Today was a glorious day on the water with over 100 feet of visibility, calm seas and light winds. Delightful times were had by all.
Dive Sites: Corsair, max depth 107 ft., 100+ ft. visibility
Spitting Caves: max depth 60ft., 100 ft. visibility
Today was a delightful charter chock full of Open Water Students, Certified Divers, and first timers. The sun was shining, the wind was light and the seas were flat. Our divers enjoyed excellent underwater visibility and dove with a variety of Hawaiian sea creatures.
Dive Sites: Koko Craters, max depth 36 ft., 100+ ft. visibility
Turtle Canyons: max depth 38 ft., 90+ ft. visibility
We love catering to eclectic boatfuls of saltwater enthusiasts here at Island Divers. Last Saturday we hosted a healthy mix of introductory, certified, open water, and advanced open water students/divers. The wind was a bit stiff but that didn’t stop our adventurous bunch from having a blast under the waves.
Dive Sites: Koko Craters, max depth 36 ft., 100+ ft. visibility
Turtle Canyons: max depth 38 ft., 90+ ft. visibility
Dive Staff: Carl, Evans, Jeremy, Bill
It’s always a welcome treat to have a full boat of divers on our afternoon charters. The sun was shining, the breeze was cooling, and the seas were fair. Our destinations were Koko Craters and Angler’s reef; two dive sites that offer the perfect mix of stunning underwater topography and diverse marine life. Both dives were replete with Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles and a variety of moray eels – the 150 feet of underwater visibility didn’t hurt either.
Dive Sites: Koko Craters, max depth 36 ft., 150+ ft. visibility
Angler’s Reef: max depth 45 ft., 120+ ft. visibility
Dive Staff: Carl Santangelo
It was an absolutely wonderful morning scuba diving off the south east coast of Oahu today. We had a great group of divers as we headed out to the Corsair for the first dive. Dropping in the water we had no current and 100 ft of visibility. It was the perfect time to dive the site. We had fish all over the site with wrasses, tangs, and soldier fish hiding in the wreck and snapper and butterfly fish swimming about. There are also tons of garden eels all around the site. But soon it was time to head up and move on to the second site.
For the second dive we drifted Keanu Reef. It was more of a swim all around the reef site as again there was little current. We found reef fish all over the area but the big finds where the spotted eagle ray that cruised by and the three white tip reef sharks hiding out under a ledge. All in all it was a wonder morning with perfect viz and great dives.
Flat seas are always a welcome luxury when diving in the open Pacific and our divers were treated to just that on Friday for our two-tank wreck/drift dives. Baby barge was our first destination, a wreck that sits in 85 feet which is home to a variety of sea turtles and moray eels; the water was a beautiful shade of purple/blue and the visibility was well over 100 feet. After a surface interval we dropped in at Spitting Caves for our drift dive. This site is always a pleasure as corals and turtles are abundant; we were even blessed with some white tip reef shark sightings.
Dive Sites: Baby Barge: max depth 85 ft., 110 ft. visibility, wreck dive
Spitting Caves: max depth 55 ft., 90 ft. visibility, reef drift
Dive Staff: Carl Santangelo, Jeremy Sanders-Lewis, Captain Shiloh Branham
It was another beautiful Hawaiian afternoon in Maunalua Bay aboard the Enzo as summer settles in. There was an eclectic assortment of first timers, open water scuba students, and certified divers on board which allowed for the creation of many different types of lasting memories. Hawaiian waters never cease to amaze and all were treated to turtles, moray eels, and stunning underwater topography.
Dive Sites: Koko Craters, max depth 36 ft., 100 ft. visibility, 40 min. bottom time reef dive
Turtle Canyons: max depth 40 ft., 90 ft. visibility, reef dive, 38 min. bottom time
Dive Staff: Carl Santangelo, Daniel Bond, Captain Shiloh Branham
It was one of those spectacular days out on waters of the southeast side of Oahu. We had a nice group of divers today was we headed for the LCU for the first dive. There was a little rain but crystal clear, blue water as we tied up to the site. There was no current and a good 100+ ft viz. We had fish all over the wreck with schools of barracuda, snapper, and goatfish and even found a small white tip reef shark hiding under a cement block. Coming up from the dive we had no wind and completely calm water as we sat through our surface interval.
For the second dive we tied up at Fantasy Reef. With little current and great viz we took out time cruising the reef looking for wonderful life. There were turtles all around the reef resting on the bottom. We found a few eels about and a nice sized devil scorpionfish hiding on the reef. It was a wonderful day to be on the water.
The day started out with some beautiful blue skies here on Maunalua Bay. We had a full boat, lots of students and some down right happy divers. Baby Barge was our first site of the day. We had some current today but all of our divers were up for the challenge. We were visited by turtles, eels and octopus at this site. Our photographers on the boat were pretty happy with all wild life at the boat of the sea.
While we were on the first dive the seas picked up a little. Made the choice to do drift dives in a little shallower this time at Fantasy Reef. Boy was it a turtle show there! Also had a free swimming shark on the reef and Octopus! It was so nice to just lazily drift along and take in all the sights. The reef, as always was crowded with reef fish of all types and even some great barracuda!! It was a fantastic peaceful dive.
Our final dive was at Angler’s Reef. The current died down some so we were able to move up and down the reef at will. We got to see ton’s more eels, porcupine puffer fish, octopus and tons of reef fish. It was pretty amazing out there on the water today and everyone was super happy!! What a nice day we had!
Congratulations to all the New Advanced Open Water Divers! Ken, Samantha, Preston, Stephanie, and Sean!
Awesome Divers: Florent, James, Jared, Ken, Steve, Russ, Jose, Kelly, Arvin, Caroline, Samantha, Preston, Stephanie, Sean and Glenn!
Amazing Dive Staff: Capt. Shiloh, Dive Instructors Mary, Dave and Jeremiah, Fantastic Crew Becca
Dive Sites:
Baby Barge, Wreck, 85′, Viz 100′
Fantasy Reef, Drift, 55′, viz 75′
Angler’s Reef, Drift, 50′, Viz 100+
Thank you to all our new friends for coming out with us today!!
