14 x eagle rays during double mahi !!!

[VBlueV]

bcyber [dave] and emily wanted to dive the mahi today out of waianae..
and it was such a cool dive the first time 'round.. we decided to do it twice!

here's the album..
http://vbluev.sharpcast.com/slideshow/28775_123587683944201?swidth=1280&sheight=1024&startSlideNum=1

and.. not to top the 7 x eagle rays i saw last week at firehouse..
http://scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=194524

but today.. we saw 14 x eagle rays in perfect formation doing laps 'round the mahi!

here's bcyber taking a photo of an eel on the mahi bow..

a big thank you to bcyber [dave] and the emmylou..

 

[MeiLing]

Wooooowwww! I don't think I've seen fourteen eagle rays total here in Hawaii in the some 300 odd dives I've done here in Hawaii!

Sounds like you had quite a day!

 

[justleesa]

Almost have us beat....18 is our record! Glad you had a good time!!

 

[VBlueV]

i wanna see a pic lisa

and were they in formation?
or scattered to the four-winds?

'cuz.. scattered doesn't count
if it does.. WE saw 18 too
[a few lone rangers out and about as well]

 

[justleesa]

That would be back in film days....not about to dig thru that box

 

[VBlueV]

film? in a camera? how barbaric :11:

Wooooowwww! I don't think I've seen fourteen eagle rays total here in Hawaii in the some 300 odd dives I've done here in Hawaii!

i saw 'em all the time during my first year :blinking:
my second year.. they eluded me :shakehead
but to start my third year.. they're all over again!

 

[scubadrewvideo]

Nice shots...101 on 2 dives....did you take your finger off the shutter at all?

 

[VBlueV]

lol.. yeah.. it was only my second time at the mahi, ever.. it was all new to me :blinking:
[the first time.. viz was like 30 feet]

however.. this time.. great viz on the first dive..
and.. i had my doubles filled with nitrox
both dives.. 60 minutes dive-time each
[the residual gas from the first dive is such a bonus for the second dive]

btw.. there WERE more.. half the shots weren't posted or went to the bin

 

[Killjoy]

I've never dived the Mahi before, but just turned in my DM map of it from all those pictures. Thanks for sharing

 

[VBlueV]

lol.. that's how i mapped the sea tiger for my wreck-diving course..
i browsed thru' my file-footage.. 'til i had a complete map..
with multiple possible entry points