White-tip, Giant Trevally, and Monk Seal "N11".. LCU East

[VBlueV]

great dives with Island Divers Hawaii today!

well.. with 30 kt winds this morning.. it was too rough for personal watercraft
so.. we decided to hop on IDH's 50 foot "Sea Fox" for a day off Hawai Kai.

first dive was my first time on LCU EAST
awesome wreck.. an upside-down LCU.. allows tons of shelter for lots-o-critters..

right off the bat.. we saw a cool White-tip Reef Shark underneath the deck..
Kevin says it was 6 feet long.. here's a video..


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then Emily was hoot'n and a hollar'n about somethin' in the pilot-house..
she made the signal for, "it was thiiiiiiiiiis big"..
and i made the sign, "W" (for "whatever")
so.. i peek into the pilot-house to see what all the fuss was about..
OMG! :11:
a GIANT TREVALLY.. well over 5 feet long and 200 lbs.. biggest i've ever seen!

after doing a lap around the LCU.. we start our safety-stops..
i just finished my 50% stop.. when Emily's makin' weird noises and more funny sea-signs..
okay.. again.. somethin' big?.. and moves like a dolphin?
hmmm..
when i finally got visual.. it was a good sized Monk Seal that was skimming along the surface..
as it approached Kevin.. the Seal darted for the deck of the LCU and toward me
it got close enough for me to read the bleach-tag just forward of its hind flippers..
tag # "N11".. seen at 10 am.. here's another video..


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what a dive!

second dive on Anglers Reef presented us even more creatures..
we saw tons of Eels, 4 Slipper Lobsters, a bright yellow baby Frogfish, a giant Triton Trumpet which came out to play, juvi Devil Scorpionfish, and a rather large red Leaf Scorpionfish..

here's the rest of the slideshow..
Sharpcast Slideshow

thanks to Capt. Scotty, Instructors D'Lynn and Kevin, and Matt and IDH for a fantastic experience!

 

[hawkeye_67]

Those were some awesome pics and videos JJ!

 

[fishb0y]

I hate looking at your stuff JJ...it makes me home sick.

But on a lighter note... I bet you can't do a night dive at 1615 like we can here in Washington

 

[sea nmf]

I hate looking at your stuff JJ...it makes me home sick.

But on a lighter note... I bet you can't do a night dive at 1615 like we can here in Washington

Sure, but in August you can't do a night dive until 21:30

How are you liking the diving there, by the way? (Oh, sorry, hijack)

 

[munclematt]

Those are some great pics and vids... I cant Wait to get back to hawaii to start diving! AHHH! I hate my job...

 

[fishb0y]

I don't mind the hijack...

Unfortunately my job isn't allowing my much time off, so I'm not in the water as much as I would like. I am going to Sund Rock on Saturday however.

 

[VBlueV]

howz'it fishb0y?
no worries about any hijacks.. afterall..
the whole Hawaii section is really just one big giant "Talk-Story" forum

.. I bet you can't do a night dive at 1615 like we can here in Washington

but i bet Wildcard has even you beat in Alaska.. he pro'ly does night dives at 0800

oh.. back to our regularly scheduled program.. here's the report IDH put out for that dive:
Dive Reports from Oahu diving with Island Divers Hawaii

 

[sea nmf]

I don't mind the hijack...

Unfortunately my job isn't allowing my much time off, so I'm not in the water as much as I would like. I am going to Sund Rock on Saturday however.

I don't usually use smileys and I looked through all of them. I couldn't find one that says:


Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

I don't mind the hijack...

I am going to Sund Rock on Saturday however.

Me too ... please stop by and say "hi" ... I'll be in an Orange Honda Element ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[fishb0y]

Well I didn't make it out this morning... but I just found out my workload may be getting ALOT lighter.