SB hawaii -- labor day warm-up dives

[VBlueV]

today i got to dive with pete [puddle pirate], tom [onfloat], and doug [dsteding]..
of course tom was sporting his black drysuit and steel doubles..
and it was finally good to see another person [doug] with a black DSS wing like mine..
[as opposed to becky's hot pink DSS wing ]
it was amusing with 4 divers in-a-row walking down into sharks cove with 4 canister lights
imagine if we were just starting a night dive..
hmm.. would it even be a night dive at that point?

sharks cove was packed today..
a dozen dive vans, tons of cars, and a noisy ice-cream truck :14:

here's doug, tom, and pete..

and here's a slide show of all the critters i've seen at sharks cove the past couple weeks..
http://vbluev.sharpcast.com/slideshow/28775_123587683945501?swidth=1280&sheight=1024&startSlideNum=1

my first black-leaf-scorpion-fish.. can you see it?

thanks to pete, tom, and doug for a good dive..
maybe next time.. doug will make a better effort to let me and pete know there was an eagle ray right above us as we emerged from the T-cave..
[heh.. we thought you were just flapping your arms because that's how they dive in seattle ]

 

[sea nmf]

I like your captions almost better than the pictures, especially "talk to the flipper"

Glad you had some great dives. I'm glad Doug got to see all those caves and caverns.

 

[VBlueV]

thanks becky..

i dove lanai lookout today..
someone was askin' about frog fish..
i've seen several frog fish there..
of all sizes [baby soft-ball size.. to large head cabbage size]
and colors [bright sponge-bob yellow.. tennis-ball green.. and dirty-grimy brown]
here're a couple..
bright yellow.. with just the start of coral/barnacle growth..

and this one you can hardly tell it's even a fish anymore.. it's so overgrown..

i'v also seen frogfish around the corner at portlock/china walls..
they like to paste themselves into the walls and reefs..

btw.. [and you can't tell from these shots]..
but they have the scariest looking set of demon teeth! :11:
i saw 'em up close.. when a surge made me brush up on one..
and i accidentally made it growl at me..

 

[onfloat]

Nice pics! It was a good day of diving.....then again what day isn't?!?

 

[kidspot]

wow - you see some great looking critters at that site

 

[Universal Diver]

Great frogfish photos! I wish I didn't have to work so much! I'm turning into dust.

 

[justleesa]

very cool! love the gold lace!!

 

[VBlueV]

Great frogfish photos! I wish I didn't have to work so much! I'm turning into dust.

i soooo know what you mean.. last week.. [due to a wargame exercise]..
i went almsot 8 whole days without diving, working 12-hour days :11:
then i was so desperate to get wet..
i agreed to dive in the [big] shark infested waters outside pearl-harbor..
AT NIGHT!!! :biggrin3:
omg.. i was hearing the jaws theme as soon as i hit the water..


so.. has everyone voted or RSVP'd for the scuba board labor day dive/picnic?
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?p=3052222#post3052222

 

[rockjock3]

3.5 weeks dry and counting. Gonna get wet this weekend though.

 

[scubadrewvideo]

Great pics of the cove critters!!
I believe the fish in question is a juvi pearl wrasse (indemic)
Mahalo
Drew