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What a beauty of a Sunday it turned out to be as our Divers began their morning getting checked in to Island Divers Hawaii Kai shop. Andy, Brian, Chris, James, and Jonathan climbed aboard the Enzo in search of adventure in the blue waters of Maunalua Bay. After an in depth briefing and a short ride out we reached our first destination… LCU. The waters were calm and the visibility was around 75 ft as we descended down the lines to the wreck. Plenty of reef fish, an Octopus, and a large school of Pacific Barracuda make this site their home.

Next it was off to the West and the Mamala Bay area just outside of Waikiki. There sits the YO 257 and the San Pedro, 2 beautiful wreck sites. The currents were strong, so we decided to drift the area and head East towards the wreck site. We dropped down on a site known as Wine Racks where we observed a Sponge Crab and a Porcupine Fish. Riding the current East we soon saw the YO and the San Pedro off in the distance along with the Atlantis submarine which cruises through the area. We chose the San Pedro where we saw a Hawaiian Green Turtle and 2 large Pompano Fish. After a few more feet it was time to surface.

After a nice lunch interval it was on to our final site of the day… Fantasy Reef. An awesome reef site that sits at max 50 ft that boasts an abundance of life. Green Turtles, Moray Eels, White Tip Reef Sharks, and the Great Barracuda all live and thrive here. So much to see, so little time. After a 35 minute dive it was time to bid farewell to the blue water of Oahu.

Thank you to all our divers for a great Sunday of safe, fun, and eventful day of diving. Until we dive again… ALOHA!

Lead Instructor Dave

Support Mary

Captain Joe

LCU 90 ft,

San Pedro 95 ft

Fantasy Reef 50 ft

The winds had died down from the weekend and we pulled out of the marina heading to LCU.  The water was clear and the viability was amazing.  There was a slight current but it was no challenge for our set of fantastic divers.  As we dropped on the wreck we were met but a huge school of barracuda!  This is always an incredible site to see so many of them together.  After checking out the underside of the boat we made our way out into the Z Blocks.  We were not let down with the sea life out there.  One of our favorite small white tip reef sharks was sleeping in his usual lair.  We were also greeted by 11…yes ELEVEN Eagle Rays.  This was a beautiful dive today.

The winds were right, the tide was right, the divers were happy…..Spitting Caves was our next dive.  We had an window and we took it.  We got to see a monk seal the the surface but he didn’t join us under the waves.  Our drift was filled with sites to see….Sharks, Octopus, Eels, Turtles,  Frog Fish and about a million reef fish!  The drift was a nice lazy drift and everyone had a great time exploring all the caves, nooks and crannies!!

Dive Sites:  LCU, max depth 95 feet, viz 100+, Wreck Dive

Spitting Caves, max depth 50 feet, viz 100+, Drift Dive

Awesome Divers:  Dan, Jamel, John, Michael, Phil, and Yin

Amazing Dive Staff:  Capt Joe, Dive Instructors Mary and Dave, Crew Tim

This was a super day!  Thank you one and all for coming out!!

With the 4th of July celebrations at an end the diving continues and we were all ready to get into the water. Heading out for the morning we were still fighting high winds and heavy currents but were not deterred and charged to one of our best sites, the LCU (Landing Craft Utility) vehicle. At a max depth of 95ft and with visibility reaching 100+ we could easily see the wreck from the surface.

Once at the bottom we ducked under the wreck for a quick peek inside and then headed out for swim around the outlying area. Here is where we got a nice encounter with a small White Tip reef shark who was hiding under a formation of cinder blocks. After the reef shark we started making are way back towards the wreck and came up on a nice sized Eagle Ray flying off the LCU’s starboard side. The ray allowed us to to approach and give the divers a chance to take a few pictures and videos.

White Tip Reef Shark

Divers along side the LCU

Eagle Ray starboard side of LCU

Diver catching a photo.

After leaving the LCU we headed back into the bay for a more relaxing dive at a great site called Anglers Reef. Anglers Reef has a max depth of 45ft and today’s dive gave us visibility up towards 70+ ft. It is a nice long single reef shelf that is easy to navigate. The current today was on the moderate/strong side so we began our dive heading up current. Not so soon after we were treated with our fist encounter with a large Yellow Margin Eel who was out and about and on the hunt. He was the first but not the last as we continued to see more Yellow Margins along with Stout, Zebra and Whitemouth Morays.

Zebra Moray

Whitemouth Moray at Anglers Reef

Stout Moray

Yellow Margin Moray

Yellow Margin Moray out on the hunt.

“I have my eye on you!”