Honolua Dive 8-3-07

[kidspot]

Made it up to Honolua Bay for the first time in over a year. Nice to not see a collection table set up however there was a reef conservation display and naturalist talking to visitors.

I had a completely enjoyable time diving with divebuddysean - 95 minutes of BT and lots to see. I'll include a few of my pics, but you'll definitely want to see the shots Sean took when he posts them.

Among the more notable sites today were a pair of "marshmallow" nudis (can't remember their "real" name, but that's what they look like to me), 3 zebra morray's and an octopus that was out in the open hunting for food and allowing us to get within a couple of feet without being disturbed.


"fuzzy" marshmallow shot

 

[ScubaSeanMaui]

Great shots Tim! It was a great dive. I really liked it out there on the point. I hope we can do that site again before the north swells prevent diving! I'll get my shots up asap!

Thanks for the dive!

Sean

 

[crab lover]

I finally found out, they are called Fellow's nudis, named after the fellow that saw them first. (ha ha, I made a funny!)

 

[ScubaSeanMaui]

Crab lover got some nice shots of the Fellow Nudibranch... It's scientific name is:
Peltodoris fellowsi named after David Dellows who collected the first one! He was a biologist but I'm not sure if someone did the honor of naming it after him or he did the honors himself... (I know a few people who have named Nudis after themself)..

How about Peltodoris Crab lover?

Sean

 

[justleesa]

Glad you guys had a great time!!

 

[Charlie99]

I love how the saddle wrasse is looking at the octopus.

 

[VBlueV]

nize pair of zebras tim!

lol at "fellow" crablover..

 

[crab lover]

I'm just full of it!

 

[ScubaSeanMaui]

Here are my photos from the dive with Kidspot. It was a fun long dive! I really like diving Honolua Bay!

http://www.scubapost.net/blogs/?q=node/184

Sean