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HI-AK Cruise Trips

Hawaii to Alaska Cruise

So my wife, Rosa, finally got me to go on a cruise. I had always wanted to do the Alaska Inside Passage cruise including Glacier Bay, so my wife, who likes the long sea crossings, convinced me to do this cruise where we spend 4 days around Hawaii, then 5 days crossing to Alaska, then […]

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Golden Arches & Pu’u Olai (Red Hill) 5-28-2023

No, of course not those Golden Arches. These arches are in La Perouse Bay, Makena, Maui, a dive site I have never been to. I mean, I have dove La Perouse Bay, but that is a big bay, really 3 bays, but I have not dived that particular site. I went out with Maui Diamond […]

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Mala Ramp (Shore) 5-27-2023

I actually had a dive buddy today. Lynette and I went to Mala ramp in Lahaina as Lynette has never dived there. I only did it from the shore once before, a couple of years ago, and it is a difficult entry and exit because you have to walk over shallow reef that is only […]

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Makena Landing Night Dive 5-20-2023

After my night dive experiences in Kona (to be blogged later), I got the bug to do a solo night dive, so off to Makena Landing as I have never done a night dive there. I took pictures and videos with the GoPro Hero 11, with Flip +Close-up and +15 Macromate lenses, handholding both the […]

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Kailua-Kona dive trip: 5-11 to 5-13-2023

With 4 days between my return from “the cruise” and back to work day, I decided to go to Kailua-Kona, HI, to do the dives I had been wanting to do: the blackwater dive and the manta ray night dive. But I also figured I may as well dive during the day as well when […]

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Molokini Backwall 4-22-2023

I have some catching up to do. I did a double backwall dive at Molokini a couple of days before leaving on “the cruise.” (Will be blogging about “the cruise” later.) I only took my insta360 camera and only on the first dive since it got left on and the battery died. The only interesting […]