Author: Jon

The county is starting to dredge Mala Ramp[ tomorrow, so it likely won’t be dive-able for quite a while now; so I decided to get a dive in at high tide this afternoon.

First dive was nudibranch hunting dive with Rebecca, and spot some nudis we did! Second dive was solo to Ulua and spotted a epipelagic Ctenophore called a Venus Girdle or Cestum veneris. Generally these are only spotted at night, and usually on blackwater dives (dives where you are in 3,000 feet off water watching all […]

Trying out the brand new, all glass, wide angle wet lens. It is the same as my old one except it is all glass instead of having a polycarbonate done. It has always been said that glass is best for optics, but it is more expensive and easier to break. Thankfully it comes with a […]

With Island Style Diving.

Conditions have been best there, so…

Clear water again at last!

Darklined Fireworm and Long-arm Shrimp

Wild card day on the Maui Diamond II. Site choices were limited due to swells, so went to Mala Ramp and Kim’s Cove. Turtles all 0ver the place at Mala, of course.

Not a great day: waves were up stirring up the bottom, making for murky and surgy conditions today. I did manage to find some relatively clear water once I got out to 40 foot depth, so it was a good dive, but not a lot of photo opportunities.