What a nice day aboard the Fox! We had a small group today of only 5 divers, all of who were fantastic. We dropped down onto Koko Crater just past midday to some great conditions.

We came across some familiar underwater creatures like the turtles and the schools of fish. The visibility was so good we could see forever!

We came across a lot of cool creatures like this scorpion fish that blended into the edge of the reef.

This cool pincushion sea star was scattered all throughout the reef as well, in all different sizes and colors!

After about 35 minutes, the divers made their way back to the boat and enjoyed some nice conversation and light snacks.

Over at Angler’s, we saw a rather unusual sight. Of course, we had the regular eel and fish crowd, but we were joined by some cool new creatures.

We came across a group of large sponge crabs! There were three crabs (unique because of their spongy shell) the size of dinner plates were huddled in a nook off the reef.

Such a great way to spend the afternoon aboard the Sea Fox for another great afternoon of diving! Thanks so much to each person who made the day so great!

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CREW: Marnie (instructor) Joe (captain)

CONDITIONS: light rain/clouds, 85*F, 81*F water, visibility 90+ft

DIVE PROFILES: Koko Crater: 40ft max depth, 33min dive time

Anglers Reef: 46ft max depth, 32min dive time

MARINE LIFE: sponge crab, green sea turtle, scorpionfish, helmet conch

lots of GREATS today, starting with the dives, the weather, and the conditions, not to speak of the divers and sea creatures themselves!  today we had Frederik from Tahiti, Jeff (diving while dad’s getting certified with instructor Max), locals Dan and Vicky, plus guest diver capt. joe. first dive was a tie-up at LCU and we jumped in to mild current and moderate viz (lots of plankton!).  lots to see today – eagle rays, sharks, octopus, more eagle rays, and a great wreck to swim into and under!!  2nd jump was a drift at Spitting Cave, and a fantastic, perfect drift it was!  turtles, more sharks, frog fish, scorpion fish, eels, big fin squid, and tons of fish!  amazing dive site!! thanks to all for safe diving!!  larry, capts joe and jim, ashley

LCU  90 ft   35 minutes   100 viz

Spitting Cave  50 ft   50 minutes   150 viz

 

Yay for ripping current!  thanks to you we could not tie up at the LCU wreck, so we did one of our favorite dives – drifting the barges!!  so engaging to be swept along with the current, checking out the marine life and varying terrain, while trying to navigate by landscape to Big Barge and then Baby barge!  Arizona Mark was out today, beginning his newest quest – wreck specialist and drift specialist, and it was a perfect day for one of those (not wreck)!  also out were chan, jenn, local robert and his california friend, chris, plus instructor dave and his friends from his prison days (no, he wasn’t a prisoner, he was a guard)! on our drift we saw an octopus, a shark, successfully found Big Barge, but due to air time we had rise and drifted away from the ledge and found a NEW WRECK! (check out the crappy photo above)  and we can’t wait to go and dive it. 2nd jump was Hawaii loa reef, as the waves were too big for the wall or Fantasy.  lots of fish and coral, plus octopus and turtles and an eagle ray.  thanks to all for safe diving.  larry, max, dave, kendal

barge drift   90 feet   30 minutes  viz  100

hawaii loa reef  35 ft 44 minutes  viz 80

 

Another great day for diving on Oahu. Despite the surface tension that we encountered, the conditions under the surface were spectacular! The visibility was out of this world and we had a great time checking out some local dive sites.

At Koko Crater, we enjoyed calm waters that were housing many sea turtles. We explored the larger craters and spotted many different sea creatures.

There were so many kinds of fish, but today was different because there were tons of eels out and about on the reef!

Of course, we dove passed Big Buddha and rubbed his belly for good luck. Today, there were sergeant major eggs on the belly, which attracted many wrasse and other hungry fish.

Under the ledges of the crater, we spotted these cool pufferfish who were enjoying the calm waters.

At our second site, we hopped into to massive schools of Moorish idols, which were cruising along the ledge and Angler’s.

Again we came across many different things that were housed along the ridgeline. This pimcushion seastar was all over the reef!

We came across the smaller animals too, like this tiny nudibranch that decided to come along for the ride!

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CREW: Marnie (instructor) Brad (instructor) Carlos (divemaster) Neal (captain)

CONDTIONS: 86*F air, 81*F water, mild winds, mild surface tension, 90ft visibility

DIVE PROFILES: Koko Crater: 40ft max depth, 36min dive time

Angler’s Reef: 45ft max depth, 33min dive time

MARINE LIFE: nudibranch, puffer fish, wrasse, sea turtle, seastars, urchins, Moorish idol, moray eel