Category: Dive Blog

Trying out the brand new, all glass, wide angle wet lens. It is the same as my old one except it is all glass instead of having a polycarbonate done. It has always been said that glass is best for optics, but it is more expensive and easier to break. Thankfully it comes with a […]

With Island Style Diving.

Conditions have been best there, so…

Clear water again at last!

Darklined Fireworm and Long-arm Shrimp

Wild card day on the Maui Diamond II. Site choices were limited due to swells, so went to Mala Ramp and Kim’s Cove. Turtles all 0ver the place at Mala, of course.

Not a great day: waves were up stirring up the bottom, making for murky and surgy conditions today. I did manage to find some relatively clear water once I got out to 40 foot depth, so it was a good dive, but not a lot of photo opportunities.

First time seeing a turtle at the St. Anthony since I started up diving again in 2022. And from what I heard, they had been absent from there for a few years prior as well. Was a time where there were always 4-10 turtles on the St. Anthony. Maybe that time will return?

Spotted a rare fish out in the Michelin reef by the St Anthony: a Spotted Knifejaw. Only other time I saw one was in Niihau when pointed out by the dive guide, but I could not get a decent picture. Today’s Knifejaw was very cooperative, thankfully.

Some fish to look at while listening to the whale song…