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Island Divers Hawaii Staff Members
Drifting low 3/15/2014
Maxine Markert
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Saturday early morning we began our day with some heavy rain and strong winds from the North east. Everyone was feeling ready to get in the water by the time we departed the dock on time at 8:30 am. We tried to tie up at the Corsair but the current was too strong going to the East. So I called the dive and we went to drift the barges. We started out at the shark cave on the baby barge and ended on the New barge as we were coming we saw a giant spotted eagle ray. On the surface interval we saw whales breaching and a lot of rainbows. After 45 minutes on the surface we got to our second dive site Spitting caves, we saw so many turtles it looked like it was raining turtles up to the surface it was incredible. We also saw a snake eel swimming around on the bottom he was not as happy to see me as I was to see him. We arrived back to the dock on time at 11:30 am.
Risbecia imperialis
Lava/Coral wall
Being lead around by maxine
diver is focus of the big picture
buoyancy ninjas
Weather Conditions: Rainy with up to 40 knot gusts from the Northeast.
Dive Sites : Drift the barges Baby barge to New Barge, Spitting Caves
Dive Conditions: 1st site max dept 95 ft, 25 minutes, 74 f, strong east current
2nd site max dept 55 ft, 35 minutes, 74 f, strong west current
Marine life observed: Eagle rays, nodibranchs, turtles, whales.|
Staff: Captain Joe, Crew: Kelsey, Instructor: Maxine Photographer: Matt Negaard
