Category: Dive Blog

And all she wanted was an octopus, and she got it.

I was once told that diving in the Philippines would ruin diving in Hawaii. Well, I wholeheartedly disagree! Last night’s dive at Black Rock off Ka’anapali was absolutely spectacular. We, Donna and I, saw several species I had not seen/photographed before, and there was just life everywhere. Plus we got visited repeatedly by a teenage […]

Gotta love a night dive! New critters spotted tonight: Common Box Crab, Hairy Elbow Crab (won’t see it in the picture, too camouflaged, so I outlined it in a duplicate photo, and provided a video of it moving in case you still don’t believe there was a crab in that picture), and Shortjaw Bonefish (could […]

And the first time I’ve seen a turtle with tumors in a long time.

I did a couple more dives at Ulua yesterday. First one with Daniel and Donna, 2nd just me.

It is my on call weekend, which means I have to be close to home and computer until 2:00pm. So at 2:01pm, I loaded my gear, went to get a tank and was in the water by 3:00. It will be the same tomorrow. Good things about afternoon dives: easy parking and no other divers. […]

For the final Niihau dive day, I went with Explore Kauai Scuba’s 6 pack boat. The company is owned and operated by Nick and Jessie, and it was by far the best charter to Niihau; it was the shortest trip, due to leaving out of Waimea’s harbor, and it Wass the most relaxed trip. Diving […]

With Sea Sports Divers again. Dive sites: Vertical Awareness, Anthony’s Okole, and Pyramid Point.

I did a solo shore divest Koloa Landing between Niihau days. Then the 3rd Niihau dive day was once again with Fathom Five Divers 6-pack boat. Dive sites were: Neon Cave, Vertical Awareness, and Pyramid Point.

2nd dive day at Niihau, this time with Sea Sports Divers. The dives were Vertical Awareness, Niihau Arches, and Neon Cave to Pyramid Point drift.

Finally, after 30 years in Hawaii, I am doing the Niihau dives off Lehua Rock. Since the crossing to Niihau is often not doable, I booked 5 charters with 3 different companies in the hopes of getting there at least once. We made it all 5 trips! And it was truly awe inspiring! Monk seals […]

Great dive with Donna today! Water was calm, and clearing up nicely. Though the cave with the shark was stirred by by previous divers. 🙁

Finished my last work day for a week and a day, off work until Sept. 10, so had to do a pau hana dive. My camera died (didn’t get fully charged for some reason) with when I found 2 Polygon Pleurobranch’s that I had never seen before. Most of my time I spent trying too […]

Still nice, but surf and wind were rising fast when I got out of the water.

‘Nuff said.

Back to Ulua and greeted by 2 Spotted Eagle;e Rays!

Hung out with an octopus for quite a while when it was hunting. Love it!

2 dives today; 1st dive with Lynette at Kahekili, aka Airport, Beach. 2nd by myself at Ulua. 2 new to me species today: the Hawaiian Longfin Anthias (got photo, not great) and the Blue Swallowtail Slug (did not get picture as I did not have macro lens on that dive).

I went out looking for a Snow-godess Nudibranch because I wanted to try my new light on it, and I found it and got a decent shot. 🙂

Today I was trying out a new light with snoot for macro. I like the new light, but need to work on using the snoot more as it adds an extra complication in setting up a shot.

South swell was still up today, but I decided to brave Ulua because I just find cooler critters there. Visibility on the inside was 5-15 feet, but got up to about 30 to 40 feet towards the end of the outer reef. There was still a lot of surge, however, even in 50 feet of […]