Diver's Cove 02/10/2008

Diver's Cove
Weather: Hot and Sunny
Water Temp: 54 degrees
Visibility: 10+ (better in shallows)
Surge: Very little

Family day at the beach today. Dove with Pete, Eric, and Papa Wade, while our families played on the beach. Lots of Bat rays. They were rather large and I have heard that means that they are females... I didn't, however, find it polite to ask or look. I have been having some trouble with my camera fogging up, so the pictures are not as good as I hoped. It was a great dive and it felt good to be back in the water again.

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 This was an old sewer line than leached out into the ocean (They said it was no longer active...hummm).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