Four Soundly Sleeping Silver Sharks along a Shoal

[VBlueV]

me and "bcyber" Dave dove on the Ewa Pinnacles on Sunday morning..
sea-state was flat after the low-pressure system moved on
and the sun came out .. nize day, good viz too

well.. as we descended.. bcyber was making sure the anchor was set..
and almost bumped into the first of over a dozen eels we saw that day.

then, as we passed eels #2 and #3.. lol.. we saw that someone fixed the chain mooring.. and the ball was floating again at 15fsw.. oh well.

back next to the shoal (sand runway that runs between this reef and the next)
where the garden eels live.. is a large overhang..
and sometimes there's one or two sharks there.
but that day.. as i peeked below the ledge, i signed to bcyber, "one shark"..
then i changed my signal to, "two sharks"..
as i progressed under the overhang.. i changed the signal again to, "three sharks"..
and as my eyes adjusted to the dark.. i finally signed, "FOUR SHARKS!!!"

after that.. that's all she wrote.. fantastic day of diving!

oh.. here's bcyber in disbelief :11:

and, here's the rest of the slide show..
Sharpcast Slideshow

cheers,

 

[tltracy]

And... She Sells Seashells by the Seashore

 

[hawkeye_67]

Cool slide show JJ!

 

[scottitheduck]

Yeah bro.... great photos.

That's my record too at one dive site, four sharks. You should dive the cages though, you'll see plenty more!

G

 

[bcyber]

Great Shots Boss! I'm glad one of us had an operating camera

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

Nice slide show! Gilded Triggerfish, not Razor.

 

[VBlueV]

Nice slide show! Gilded Triggerfish, not Razor.

thanks for the fish ID halemano!

i like the blue chin on this dude..

 

[VBlueV]

Make that FIVE SHARKS !!!!!

today.. me and Lonnie dove E-beach.. it was nize and flat and viz was phenomenal!
first.. here's the slideshow..

Sharpcast Slideshow

first dive we decided to go to the north shark-cave..
our entry greeted us with a rather large Eagle Ray!
within the north shark-cave we found a lone White-Tip..
the lightest/whitest one i've seen..
we also saw a big Thornback Cowfish and a ton of Humpback Cowries..

second dive Lonnie pulled out "Ye Ol' Shorediving Book" =)
and we decided to walk down to the south entry at Kahe Point down the cliff..
just after our rocky entry.. we found the 5-door south-shark-cave..
and in it.. FIVE Sharks !!!!!
(tho' i missed the money-shot with 5-sharks in a single frame [due to cycle time =(],
Lonnie can verify the 5th shark.. he eventually settled in the back corner of the cave)
thanks for a couple great dives Lonnie!

oh.. and here's the video..


Video of Four more sharks (plus one) E-Beach - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

and another of the mama..


Video of Three sharks (plus two) E-Beach - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

 

[mrjimboalaska]

Vblue,
Glad that I actually got out there to dive in OCt(still waiting for email pics.....) since Eileen found out friday she deploys next Friday.......

 

[ScubaAndDreams]

ouch....merry christmas?