Calscubagirl arrived safe and sound on Maui, and today we were able to get a dive in at old airport beach. We planned on a 60 minute dive, since we were hitting the water at 2:15 and I needed to be at work at 4. We get in and ride the current up north for about 45 minutes, just enjoying the natural "escalator." It must have been low tide as we never got past 25ft even at the second reef, which is fine as I like shallow dives since they give me more bottom time. We turned and it appeared we were going to get 90 minutes in. She spotted a large octopus, which promptly headed into his hole - probably a 4-5 pounder - beautiful specimin. At 75 minutes I glanced at my watch and saw 3:33 pm - Oh no, I had forgotten about work! oops... I signalled up and we swam quickly into shore - In a harried rush I grabbed gear and drove home, swapped the wetsuit for slacks and an aloha shirt, then with a mask ring still around my face and salt crystals in my hair I drove the 3 blocks to my work place, arriving at 4:01 ... whew. Only 1 minute late! As I rushed into the shop, Chuck (the guy I was relieving) looks at me and says "why are you so early?" ... turns out I didn't need to be there till 5pm ... oh well at least I wasn't late
Calscubagirl - it was nice diving with ya' today, hope we get another chance for a less hurried dive on Sunday
Aloha, Tim
Calscubagirl - it was nice diving with ya' today, hope we get another chance for a less hurried dive on Sunday
Aloha, Tim