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 This was an old sewer line than leached out into the ocean (They said it was no longer active...hummm).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.....

Dive 110

Date: June 2, 2007
Time: 8:00am
Location: Shaw's Cove
Depth (feet): 31
Dive Time (minutes): 40
Surf (feet): 2-5
Surge (feet): 2-12+
Water Temp (fahrenheit): warm
Visibility (feet): 5+ the deeper we went
Visibility Description: surge murky, mud.
Notes: Wow, visibility was around 2-5’. Dove with Scott today. I really am starting to think Scott is good luck… Today, we entered into the water with 4+’ surf. Very deceiving, since it looked like “Lake Laguna” when we got down to the sand. We dropped down pretty early and realized pretty quickly that we were diving in Brown Pudding…. First thought was, Scoooooott. Then, I realized that there was no way a human could have produced that much repellant in that short of time… So with my confidence renewed in Scott, we hit the sand… Literally. As we reminisced about our dive on our swim in, Scott reminded me that I almost ate a baby Halibut. The sighting of this fine creature was just the beginning of an adventure that made me want to kick myself for not bring my camera. As it has been the past few days, the bass and garibaldi have been out and about, friendly and look as if they just ate a Thanksgiving dinner. We came across two eels, one of which was just lying in a crevice, full body exposed. The other, coming out to say hi. We also came across two octopi and a Sand bass that looked to have been skewered in his back, but lived to “show” the tale. The best part of the dive, and the most agonizing, was the Spanish Shawl that we saw. It was around 1 inch in size, perched on a rock top between to rocks, blocking most of the surge, and no background. Man what a dream for a Macro Photographer, especially with a translucent subject. We also got to see some of Scott’s elusive crabs (the ones that live in the ocean), as well as: Lobster, shrimp, Rock-pool Blennies, sting rays, a Hopkins rose, and, did I mention, I perfect Spanish Shawl Specimen. Great Dive, regardless of visibility.

Dive 109

Date: May 28, 2007
Time: 6:30am/8:30am
Location: Diver's Cove
Depth (feet): 31/38
Dive Time (minutes): 50/45
Surf (feet): 1-4Surge (feet): 2-12
Water Temp (fahrenheit): warm (no hood)
Visibility (feet): 5-12
Visibility Description: surge murky
Notes and Highlights: Dove with Len, Scott, Pete, Blake and Alex ...first dive we dropped down pretty quick and onto about 1 dozen bat rays of assorted sizes. Very murky with the surge, so they didn't give us too much of a view, and no photo ops. Made our way right - over to the reef between Diver's and Fisherman's in pretty surgey, murky conditions. Got buzzed by a sea lion that I didn't see...some lobsters, a medium sized cabezon and the remains of a sheep crab which was being taken care of by urchins...
....second dive we decided to go left and check out the reef that's 150 degrees over the sand. Visibility over the sand in 20 feet was a little cleaner and opened up 10+ ...not great, but enjoyable. Got over the reef and found a bunch of tiny Spanish Shawl's, a tiny crab, painted greenlings, rock pool blennies, and many large bass and sheephead. A small bait ball circled us a few times too...Geat Dive. (and, yes, I stole this from Peter's logs, since I am too lazy to write my own. Thanks Pete... Please remember to visit his postings at http://www.28thstreetproductions.com/blog/divelog.html)

Dive 108

Date: May 27, 2007
Time: 6:30am/8:30am
Location: Diver's Cove
Depth (feet): 15-25'
Dive Time (minutes): 50+ and 50+ minutes
Surf (feet): 1-2
Surge (feet): 2-12
Water Temp (fahrenheit): warm
Visibility (feet): 5-12
Visibility Description: Wow...
Visibility was around 10-12, with patches of Red Tide. Dove with Scott today. Must be good luck, as we saw more that 20 Bat rays between our two dives. I am sure that many of them were repeats; however, there was one spot that had to have 15 of them in one area. Lots to see today. The bass were huge and friendly. We saw a very interesting octopus, which we both mistook for seaweed. Great dive!
Sorry, playing with new wide-angle lens and second strobe... Pictures Really suck this time