As some of you may have known, my buddy and I visited the lovely island of Oahu, last week. We dived with Lisa (Justleesa) and her husband, Roger (Turtleguy). I apologize for not being able to meet more of our fellow Scubaboarders, but apparently I was working on a nice case of sinus infection and was exhausted between dives. Spent most of my spare time in the room, sleeping.
Okay, on with the report.
Our first dive was the Corsair. We were in a relatively small boat (12 pack) and the sea's surface was choppy, so it was a bit of a rough start. However, it was well worth the effort.
There was a large colony of garden eels at this site, which quickly disappeared as we approached to investigate. All in all, a pretty cool site.
Next, we dived Angelfish Reef (probably named for the multitudes of angelfish residing there--I'm a trained observer).
We spotted angelfish (of course), trumpetfish, eels, tobys, nudibranch and, let's see if I can spell this right, the world famous humubumunekenukuapuaa. We saw the latter on other sites, as well, but I refuse to type it, again. It shall from here on out be referred to as "That Hawaiian Fish".
Lisa pointed out this beautiful leaf scorpion and grumpy devil scorpionfish.
On day two, Roger accompanied us out to the Sea Tiger. Conditions were wonderful. The sea was flat calm and the day was simply perfect. We saw octopus, pillow stars, eels, puffers, butterflyfish, etc.
On the surface interval, somebody pointed off the port side and yelled "Dolphins". We turned and sure enough, there was a huge pod of spinner dolphins playing off in the distance. I had never seen these guys before and was highly impressed at how high they could jump out of the water and how many times they could spin before going under, again. What's more, they were heading right toward us. The approached the boat fairly closely, then headed away from us. I was SO disappointed!
Finally, we completed our SI and dived in at Horseshoe Reef. It was here that I discovered why Roger was called "Turtleguy". We saw the biggest turtle I had ever seen, just napping on the bottom, not a care in the world. This site was loaded with all kinds of various marine life.
On the way back to the boat, Roger signalled for us to listen. I did as he asked and soon heard the dolphins. They seemed to be coming closer and closer. Finally, there they were, playing at the surface overhead. Oh what a treat to watch them from underwater! That had to be one of my best dive experiences ever. Unfortunately, they were far enough away that I did not get a decent photo. Lisa may be able to do something with the pics I got, so we'll see.
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Okay, on with the report.
Our first dive was the Corsair. We were in a relatively small boat (12 pack) and the sea's surface was choppy, so it was a bit of a rough start. However, it was well worth the effort.
There was a large colony of garden eels at this site, which quickly disappeared as we approached to investigate. All in all, a pretty cool site.
Next, we dived Angelfish Reef (probably named for the multitudes of angelfish residing there--I'm a trained observer).
We spotted angelfish (of course), trumpetfish, eels, tobys, nudibranch and, let's see if I can spell this right, the world famous humubumunekenukuapuaa. We saw the latter on other sites, as well, but I refuse to type it, again. It shall from here on out be referred to as "That Hawaiian Fish".
Lisa pointed out this beautiful leaf scorpion and grumpy devil scorpionfish.
On day two, Roger accompanied us out to the Sea Tiger. Conditions were wonderful. The sea was flat calm and the day was simply perfect. We saw octopus, pillow stars, eels, puffers, butterflyfish, etc.
On the surface interval, somebody pointed off the port side and yelled "Dolphins". We turned and sure enough, there was a huge pod of spinner dolphins playing off in the distance. I had never seen these guys before and was highly impressed at how high they could jump out of the water and how many times they could spin before going under, again. What's more, they were heading right toward us. The approached the boat fairly closely, then headed away from us. I was SO disappointed!
Finally, we completed our SI and dived in at Horseshoe Reef. It was here that I discovered why Roger was called "Turtleguy". We saw the biggest turtle I had ever seen, just napping on the bottom, not a care in the world. This site was loaded with all kinds of various marine life.
On the way back to the boat, Roger signalled for us to listen. I did as he asked and soon heard the dolphins. They seemed to be coming closer and closer. Finally, there they were, playing at the surface overhead. Oh what a treat to watch them from underwater! That had to be one of my best dive experiences ever. Unfortunately, they were far enough away that I did not get a decent photo. Lisa may be able to do something with the pics I got, so we'll see.
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) Looks like fun!!
