Montage 11/28/2007

Night dive w/ Pete at the Montage. Temp was around 58 degrees, with a max depth of around 22'. Pete and I were on the look out for some good photo oportunities. After about 45 minutes, we decided to head back to shore. As we headed in, we found our selves an escort. Not sure how to tell if it were a male or a female and I didn't think it polite to ask, but "it" was the most friendly of all that I have met. This Harbor Seal followed us back to shore until around 4' of water. Dive was around 79 minutes and I thank Pete again for bringing his Light Cannon. Over all Great Dive!

11-24-2007

This is for you Pete!

Dive in Laguna 9/19/07

Dove w/ Pete. Had a great dive :)

More pictures from Hawaii

Please be sure to start checking my new site, http://porter.ocdiver.googlepages.com/home. This site is being created as a side project. I thought it would be a great to organize my photos and create a Fish ID page.

More Pictures...

Here are some more pictures that I have taken. I haven't been diving as of late, but I am in high hopes of diving real soon!

Dive 115

Date: June 28, 2007
Time: around 10:30am
Location: The Pipe

Depth (feet): Approx 60'
Dive Time (minutes): 40
Surf (feet): none
Surge (feet): Calm Water, no current
Temp (fahrenheit): 78 F
Visibility (feet): 80+
Visibility Description: A bit cloudy
Notes and Highlights: Fun Dive! Visibility was pretty good. This was an old sewer line than leached out into the ocean (They said it was no longer active...hummm). We dropped down on an eel (pictured earlier), and a small reef with a hawksbill Sea Turtle resting (Pictures didn't turn out so cool). Lots of coral and reef fish. Good relaxing dive and a great way to finish off my diving on the island. Thanks to my dive buddies, Jeff and Wouter, as well as the captain and crew with Dive Oahu.

Dive 114

Date: June 28, 2007

Time: 9:00am

Location: Sea Tiger (Wreck Dive)

Depth (feet): Approx 100'

Dive Time (minutes): 18

Surf (feet): none

Surge (feet): Calm Water, no current

Temp (fahrenheit): 78 F

Visibility (feet): 80+

Visibility Description: Good and clear.

Notes and Highlights: Great Dive! Visibility was great. I penatrated the wreck in the bridge area and decided not to go too far in as I did not have my dive light with me and it was dark! Dove with Jeff again, who was also taking pictures. There were alot of fish of all different shapes and sizes, a few random starfish (which I have never seen before) and two spotted eagle rays (no pictures though :0( ).

Free Diving on the North Shore of Oahu, HI

I found a few turtles and went crazy.... If you ever make your way to Hawaii, make sure you talk to the locals. They know all the cool spots. When I said I wanted swim with Sea Turtles, I was told were to go and guess what? My wife, Regan and I had a great time!

Dive 113

Date: June 27, 2007
Time: 10:14am
Location: Turtle Canyon, Oahu, HI
Depth (feet): Approx 33'
Dive Time (minutes): 37
Surf (feet): none
Surge (feet): Calm
Water Temp (fahrenheit): 78 F
Visibility (feet): 50+
Visibility Description: Good and clear.
Notes and Highlights: Really fun spot. Again, I dove with Wouter and Jeff. Lots of turtles, a white tip reef shark, an octopus, an eel and lots of fish. Big reef area with lots of overhangs and coral. One of the best parts of our dive trip was the dolphin who decided to do a corkscrew as he jumped out of the water in the wake of our boat on our way back to port. He must have done it 3 times. We all cheered for him. What a GREAT trip! Really!

Dive 112

Date: June 27, 2007

Time: 9:06am

Location: YO-257, Oahu, HI

Depth (feet): Approx 85'

Dive Time (minutes): 29

Surf (feet): none

Surge (feet): wow.... A really strong current

Water Temp (fahrenheit): 78 F

Visibility (feet): 75+

Visibility Description: Good and clear, but a strong current kept it a bit foggy.

Notes and Highlights: Really nice Wreck dive. It took us a few minutes to drop down to the wreck hitting its top at 75', because the current was really strong. Picture a flag on a flagpole durring a hurricane, and well that was us. Really calm below, however. Saw three turtles and alot of fish. We entered the bridge area and 1st level of the wreck. Lots of easy swim throughs and plenty of fun. Had a great time with Wouter and Jeff.

Preview Oahu, Hawaii. Lots of fun, lots to learn

I still have lots to learn. Not one picture worthy of a frame, but I am posting a few just for the heck of it. Four great dives in Oahu. Two wreck dives and 2 reef dives. The only bad part is the camera man. I posted a few more pictures on Picasa and I will put up my dive info later. For now, I am just trying to make an old dive buddy happy. Here you go Pete! :0)

Found Pictures

Okay, I found these pictures from a few dives ago and I feel that they are worth posting.

One of them is a picture of Scott's crabs.....