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NYE Explorations Reprise

Why not start the new year the same way I ended the last year? I can actually think of many reasons not to, but I did it anyway. 🙂 I returned to the same dive plan as yesterday, except today I will only use the AOI wide angle lens only. And today I found the […]

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NYE Explorations

With the recently confirmed Tiger Beach dives in the Bahamas this coming February, I need to make sure I have a decent wide-angle option for an external wet lens. I already own two lenses, but did not have luck with either previously, at least with the Divevolk housing. I have a Divevolk 67mm wide angle […]

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Boxing Day 3 Tank Dive

I went out with Provider today for the first time (with the latest owners). It was supposed to be an “advanced adventure day,” but due to weather and a couple of divers not being advanced, we did 3 simple dives, 2 inside Molokini Crater, max depths 65 feet, and then a 5 caves north finger […]

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Holiday Dives

As any one who knows me knows, I don’t celebrate Christmas beyond availing myself of the paid time off, which is always appreciated. Thank you Jesus, you mythical love god you! In any case, despite not celebrating Christmas, and despite having been naughty all year long (just ask my wife), I was given incredible gifts […]

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Sweet Sixty-n :)

For my sweet sixty-n birthday I went out with Maui Pacific Divers for a 3 tank dive with my dear friend Lynette. We dove Aloha Reef, Triple Anchors, and Helldiver. It was an awesome day. And of course there are pictures, though not your typical birthday pictures. You will not see hide nor hair of […]

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Ulua Sunset Reprise 2

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Ulua Sunset Reprise

Had such a good dive last week at Ulua for sunset, why not do it again? And it did not disappoint.

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Ulua Sunset Dive

Last minute sunset dive at Ulua delighted with lots of nudibranch sightings.

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Philippines Dive Day 8 & 9

Dive 1: Monad Shoal Dive 2: Kimud Shoal Dive 3: Gato Island Tunnel Dive 4: Gato Island South Day 9, Dive 1 & 2: Captiancillo Island

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Philippines Dive Day 7

Dive 1 & 2: Kimud Shoal – Thresher Sharks, Video Only Dive 3: Malapascua Island Dive 4: Malapascua Island Night

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Philippines Dive Day 6

Dive 1: Paradise Garden, Bohol Island Dive 2: Turtle Point Dive 3: Lamanok

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Philippines Dive Day 5

Dive 1 & 2: Mantigue Island Dive 3: Jigdup Shoal Dive 4: Soul House Reef

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Philippines Dive Day 4

Dive 1 & 2: Mantigue Island Dive 3: Barias Shoal Dive 4: Soul House Reef, Magting Looc

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Philippines Dive Day 3

Dive 1: Napaling, Panglao Island Dive 2: Alona’s Wreck Dive 3: Dalit-Dakit Dive 4: Mangrove

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Philippines Dive Day 2

Dive 1: Oslob, Cebu Whale Sharks (Video only, no lights allowed) Dive 2: Sumilon Island North Dive 3: Summer Camp (360 video only, coming soon)

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Philippines Dive Day 1

Dive 1: Black Forest, Balicsag Island Dive 2: Diver’s Heaven, Balicsag Island Dive 3: Davao Wall, Pangloa, Bohol Dive 4: Soul House Reef, Magting Looc

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Philippines Above Water

I recently returned from an amazing live-aboard dive trip to the Philippines with the Philippines Aggressor. The trip was excellent on every level. I will start this series with all of the above water shots: untouched and unedited, unlike my underwater pictures that I take a bit more seriously 🙂

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Weekend photo dump

This covers 4 dives: Halloween night dive, Keawakapu to the St Anthony, Polo beach, and Ulua night dive. For the Halloween night dive, I was experimenting with a wide angle lens and it does not work well with this housing. I couldn’t get really clear focus with it at all, but some of the shots […]

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Ulua and St Anthony

Pictures are from today, video is from last weekend. On the way back from the St Anthony last weekend, I found this tiny yet very lively antler coral head in the middle of the halimeda grass. Of course I did not have my camera, as it was the third dive of the day and the […]

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Back Wall & Aloha Reef

Enjoy the photos.

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Marty’s Reef 10-21-2023

Keeping this brief due to an injury to my right arm and hand making it painful to type with my right hand. Enjoy the photos.

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Makena Landing x2

New things I haven’t seen or gotten a picture of before: Warty Sea Cucumber, Sphinx Phyllidia, Crowned Toby, and Reticulated Brittle Star.

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Ulua Murky Day

I needed to get wet, so without checking on conditions, got a tank and jumped in at Ulua beach. And boy was the water murky! I did recall that some waves had come through, stirring things up. I still had a great dive, and thankfully brought my macros lens because wide angle was ugly. 🙂

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Anthias Rock

It may seem like I missed a couple of weekend days of diving, but I just dove a couple of days without my camera so I could put my new scooter through its paces. I wanted to check continuous runtime at the various speeds, so I didn’t want to stop and take pictures, so I […]

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Ulua & Lana’i Photo Dump

Had a great dive yesterday by myself at Ulua. Highlight was an octopus that really wanted to pose for me, so there is an octopus series separate from the rest. We’ll start with that: The rest of the pictures from that dive: And today’s Lana’i dives: