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DIVE REPORT- Maunalua Bay Diving at its Best
Kendal Vercoe
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Weather Conditions: NE Trade Winds 15 knts, seas 1-3 ft, Sunny
Dive Sites: LCU, Fantasea Reef
Diving Conditions: Light current, 100 ft. vis
After watching the whales on the ride out to LCU with Capt. Joe and crew members Max and Megan, divers Ponje, Alex, Ryan, Mayuki, Drew, Austin and I descended down 90 feet to LCU and explored the wreck’s cavernous underside (technically the top… it’s upside-down). Swimming amongst the teaming schools of goatfish we came upon a friendly octopus, and later in the dive got to watch some eagle rays as they passed the wreck on their way west. After some farewell swim throughs we ascended and prepared for our next dive.
For the second dive we dropped onto Fantasea Reef for a drift, and immediately were overrun by giant Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles. After watching some yellowtail coris flip over rocks hunting for brittle stars and taking pictures of the nudibranchs we came across another, larger octopus who was very grabby, and got to stare down some yellowmargin and whitespotted moray eels. Towards the end of the dive we were also visited by a massive ulua as he stalked by the eastern end of the site to investigate the streams of bubbles coming from our group. Good times in Maunalua Bay!
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