My husband and I arrived on Maui late last night. We went and collected tanks and weights today and went to Ulua Beach for our "shakedown" dive, to make sure all the gear was working and that we had our weights right. Because it was a "shakedown" dive, we wanted to make it simple and minimize task loading, so of course, that meant no cameras.
So, in addition to seeing hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, fireworms, two different types of nudibranchs, what I think was a small frogfish, and a monster turtle, what happens? We're out on the outer reef, in about 35 feet of water, when I hear Peter hooting wildly. I look up from my cleaner wrasse and what is right in front of me? A big, honking MANTA! It swam by, no more than 15 feet or so from us. It's only the third one I've ever seen.
So lets hear YOUR stories about what you saw on shakedown, or gear-testing, or other dives where you didn't take YOUR camera?
So, in addition to seeing hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, fireworms, two different types of nudibranchs, what I think was a small frogfish, and a monster turtle, what happens? We're out on the outer reef, in about 35 feet of water, when I hear Peter hooting wildly. I look up from my cleaner wrasse and what is right in front of me? A big, honking MANTA! It swam by, no more than 15 feet or so from us. It's only the third one I've ever seen.
So lets hear YOUR stories about what you saw on shakedown, or gear-testing, or other dives where you didn't take YOUR camera?