Island Divers Hawaii Staff Members

Weather Conditions: slightly overcast, 30 knot winds
Dive Sites: Corsair and Angler’s Reef
Dive Conditions: surge, large swell, minimal current, 150+ feet of visibility
Marine life observed: garden eels, rock scorpion fish, leaf scorpion fish, helmet shells, trident shells, school of porcupine fish, and gold lace nudis
Staff: Capt. Jo, Capt.-in-Training Max, Amy, and Brent (crew)

Aloha,

Thanks for choosing to dive with Island Divers Hawaii.  We had a beautiful bumpy day on the water.  Today we had Ken joining us from CA and Toni coming all the way from Switzerland!  Both guys were excellent on their air, which gave us nice long dives!  Today we headed to the Corsair in search of clear water and mild currents.  Thankfully, we were able to escape the large south swells and had over 100+ feet of visibility at the Corsair.  On this WWII site we saw: garden eels, rock scorpion fish, leaf scorpion fish, and a helmet shell!  We had great luck today with finding underwater critters!  For our first dive we had a max depth of 106′ and a total bottom time of :25.  After climbing back onto the Sea Fox we had a nice relaxing surface interval filled with tea, Famous Amos cookies, and Red Vines.  We decided to head to a site with calmer water which meant Angler’s Reef.  This site had a max depth of 55′ with a total bottom time of :55!  As I said earlier, these guys were great on air!  On our drift dive we saw: more  helmet shells, trident shells,a school of porcupine fish, gold lace nudis, a cushion starfish, and tons of schooling reef fish!  Its rare that we get such a relaxing and long dive.  Great job, Ken and Toni!  Thanks again for choosing to dive with IDH.  It was my pleasure to lead you on an exploration of Hawaii’s underwater world.  Until next time, dive easy!

Aloha,

Amy