Puako Turtle Cleaning Station

[S0ckm0nk3y]

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Bingediver and I managed to finally coordinated our schedules to get a pre-work dive in yesterday morning. The dive was extra fishy. I am prone to anthropomorphizing fish and I say that the whole reef was in a good mood. Schools of every kine fish were chowing down all over. The turtle cleaning station was full up with four honus in the car wash. At the end of the dive in the cave near the exit I spotted a nudibranch I had never seen before. I’m sorry to say that my camera battery was dead by then, but the Red Dendrodoris was really cruising along the cave ceiling. That nudi was possibly the best thing I have seen underwater in a long while (next to large anchors of course). I snapped a few photos and took a bunch of HD video that drained my point and shoot battery.

Floating in the murky shallows

Sticking your neck out

Spit, rinse, repeat

Puako cave

Eel sized puka

Raccoon butterflyfish

Cruising

Turtle cleaning station

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The rest of the photos can be found on flickr.

Aloha,

-Eric

 

[Maine Diver]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[acooper]

The Cleaning Station is pretty reliable, we watched two turtles getting a scouring when we were there last. Amazing to consider how this behavior got started.

Sounds like a great dive!

 

[bingediver]

Slick video! Is it just me or does that music make the fish seem like they're swimming faster??

 

[fisheater]

Nice!

Brought back great memories of our dives there. Thanks for sharing.

 

[baystr]

that was great, thanks!

 

[kanonfodr]

Very nice video, Eric! Hopefully with my new computer I can finally do my new HD vids up (they were crashing, of all things, an Alienware).

Peace,
Greg