With 4 days between my return from “the cruise” and back to work day, I decided to go to Kailua-Kona, HI, to do the dives I had been wanting to do: the blackwater dive and the manta ray night dive. But I also figured I may as well dive during the day as well when […]
I have some catching up to do. I did a double backwall dive at Molokini a couple of days before leaving on “the cruise.” (Will be blogging about “the cruise” later.) I only took my insta360 camera and only on the first dive since it got left on and the battery died. The only interesting […]
I drove up to Lahaina today for a nostalgia dive at Black Rock. When I first moved to Maui and was teaching SCUBA and living on the west side, Black Rock was my favorite close, easy access shore dive. However, it is no longer easy access. There used to be a parking lot right by […]
I saw that the Maui Diamond II was going to these 2 unusual sites (as in they don’t schedule trips to them very often and I have never dove them), so I skipped work and booked a dive boat trip. As for the sites, Triple Anchors consists of, as the name suggests, 3 very large, […]
The title pretty much says it. On this day I only took the Insta360 X3 camera and filmed my dive on Ulua Reef in 360. No quite as dramatic as the caverns in 360 in the Makena Landing 360 video (which freaked my wife out), but I did get some cool footage. See what you […]
Combining 2 dives into one blog post since I did not take too many usable pictures. I am experimenting with using a GoPro HERO 11, using red filters instead of lights when possible. And also shooting 360 underwater footage with an Insta360 x3. I am thinking of maybe switching my focus to shooting video rather […]
First two-tank shore dive in the Mazda Miata MX-5 today. Tight fit. Frustrated by my failed attempt to get to the St Anthony yesterday, I tried again today. And I found it, but it took a bit of searching again. It would be so much easier on a clear water day. Every attempt thus far […]
Today I just wanted to get wet and spend as much time underwater on one dive as I could. And I got my SAC (Surface air consumption) down to .43 cu. ft./min. So my plan was just to cruise with the scooter, try to make it to the St. Anthony again, don’t worry about pictures, […]
Went out with the Maui Diamond II again this weekend, this time to Lana’i where we had the rare pleasure of diving 1st Cathedrals followed by the sequel: 2nd Cathedrals. Just like the first, but with different twists and turns. SportDiver housing, iPhone 14 Pro, SeaDragon 2500 and 5000+ lights, etc., etc.
I decided to go on a boat dive to Molokini today at the last minute (booked it yesterday) because I was jonesin’ for some crystal clear water, and the shoreline was mucked up again due to heavy rains and swell. Molokini did not disappoint, I am glad to say! I went out with Maui Dreams […]
Another attempt to make it to the St Anthony wreck from shore, this time from Mokapu Beach. I still need to nail down the best heading; I found the wreck but I had to search for it a bit once I found the tire field. Much better fish populations here than on Ulua Reef. Also […]
Decided to go on a late afternoon, pre-sunset dive at Makena Landing to get some bottom time this weekend. Had a nice long hour and ten minute dive, and the whales were singing their asses off! SportDiver Housing with 2500 and 5000+ lights.
Just did a quick after work dive to Ulua Beach, mainly to try out some new gear configurations, but I did spot two unusual animals: the Jeweled Anemone Crab and a Knobby Sea Star. I used the Micro3.0 camera with wide angle dome lens and the SeaDragon 5000+ light handheld.
Back in Cabo san Lucas with a day to kill, so I might as well dive again. If you are not a partier, there is nothing to do here on land but eat and sleep, best I can tell. So I went out with SeeCreatures again, the sister company for the Nautilus live aboard company. […]
For our last day of diving, we went to The Boiler, a submerged seamount that is just off San Benedicto Island. This again is supposed to be the place for the giant Mantas, and it did not disappoint. For these dives I used the SportDiver housing with the 2500 and 5000+ lights.
Roca Partida is a small “parted rock” covered in guano that juts up from the deep ocean floor. Due to many boats around the small area, we could only do 3 dives here so as to not over stress the small environment. This was supposed to be the place for multiple Manta Rays, but I […]
The second stop on the trip was Socorro Island, the biggest island and the only active volcanic island in the archipelago currently. We spent 2 days here at two different sites: Cabo Pearce and Punta Tosca, and did a total of 7 dives. This is where we started to see the giant Manta Rays. There […]
On February 16th, we arrived at San Benedicto Island in the Revillagigedo Archipelago after a 24 hour boat journey from Cabo San Lucas, Baja Sur, Mexico. The crossing was not too bad for me, but a few folks got seasick. The night sky on the open ocean was, as expected, spectacular. The boat is the […]
2nd day of local diving in Cabo San Lucas. Brr. The water is cold here. Had some great Humpback Whale viewing from the boat (no pics). I used the SportDiver housing on this dive with 2500 and 5000+ lights.
So a break from Maui diving. I am heading out on a live aboard trip to Socorro Island, Mexico, with the Nautilus Belle Amie. I leave this evening, Tuesday Feb 14. But I arrived in Cabo on Sunday, so I had a couple of days to dive locally in Cabo, and I have an hour […]
Second site was called Kim’s something… anyway… Awesome day!!!! Went with Maui Dreams Dive Company’s boat, the Maui Diamond. Molokini was blown out due to 30 knot northeast winds, so we went to Coral Gardens, the name I use for the whole area along the Pali west of Ma’alaea Harbor. At the first site we […]
Mokuho’oniki Rock: home of the hammerhead sharks. Or so they say. We did not see any today, but we had great dives anyway. I went on Lahaina Diver’s boat, Dominion, with Kasey, Brian and JT. They were all excellent and made for a very enjoyable day. It was my first time diving at this site, […]
Revisiting the reef off the Fairmont Kea Lani that I used to dive when I worked as a scuba instructor at that resort. I forgot what a nice reef it can be, though it does take a while to get out to diving depths. But that’s why I got a scooter! However, since I had […]
I dove with Island Style Diving’s boat again today. As usual it was an excellent trip, expertly and joyously captained and crewed by Javier, Christina, Alex, and Yelena. First dive was on the Reef’s end side of Molokini. The swell is still up so it was surgey down to about 35 feet, where we spent […]
Still waiting for the shoreline visibility to really clear up, but I wanted to get underwater again… it’s become an addiction… a good addiction, but an addiction none-the-less. I ended up having to go in the afternoon as I was on call for work this weekend and I got called in not once, not twice, […]