Just did a quick after work dive to Ulua Beach, mainly to try out some new gear configurations, but I did spot two unusual animals: the Jeweled Anemone Crab and a Knobby Sea Star. I used the Micro3.0 camera with wide angle dome lens and the SeaDragon 5000+ light handheld.
Back in Cabo san Lucas with a day to kill, so I might as well dive again. If you are not a partier, there is nothing to do here on land but eat and sleep, best I can tell. So I went out with SeeCreatures again, the sister company for the Nautilus live aboard company. […]
For our last day of diving, we went to The Boiler, a submerged seamount that is just off San Benedicto Island. This again is supposed to be the place for the giant Mantas, and it did not disappoint. For these dives I used the SportDiver housing with the 2500 and 5000+ lights.
Roca Partida is a small “parted rock” covered in guano that juts up from the deep ocean floor. Due to many boats around the small area, we could only do 3 dives here so as to not over stress the small environment. This was supposed to be the place for multiple Manta Rays, but I […]
The second stop on the trip was Socorro Island, the biggest island and the only active volcanic island in the archipelago currently. We spent 2 days here at two different sites: Cabo Pearce and Punta Tosca, and did a total of 7 dives. This is where we started to see the giant Manta Rays. There […]
On February 16th, we arrived at San Benedicto Island in the Revillagigedo Archipelago after a 24 hour boat journey from Cabo San Lucas, Baja Sur, Mexico. The crossing was not too bad for me, but a few folks got seasick. The night sky on the open ocean was, as expected, spectacular. The boat is the […]
2nd day of local diving in Cabo San Lucas. Brr. The water is cold here. Had some great Humpback Whale viewing from the boat (no pics). I used the SportDiver housing on this dive with 2500 and 5000+ lights.
So a break from Maui diving. I am heading out on a live aboard trip to Socorro Island, Mexico, with the Nautilus Belle Amie. I leave this evening, Tuesday Feb 14. But I arrived in Cabo on Sunday, so I had a couple of days to dive locally in Cabo, and I have an hour […]
Second site was called Kim’s something… anyway… Awesome day!!!! Went with Maui Dreams Dive Company’s boat, the Maui Diamond. Molokini was blown out due to 30 knot northeast winds, so we went to Coral Gardens, the name I use for the whole area along the Pali west of Ma’alaea Harbor. At the first site we […]
Mokuho’oniki Rock: home of the hammerhead sharks. Or so they say. We did not see any today, but we had great dives anyway. I went on Lahaina Diver’s boat, Dominion, with Kasey, Brian and JT. They were all excellent and made for a very enjoyable day. It was my first time diving at this site, […]
Revisiting the reef off the Fairmont Kea Lani that I used to dive when I worked as a scuba instructor at that resort. I forgot what a nice reef it can be, though it does take a while to get out to diving depths. But that’s why I got a scooter! However, since I had […]
I dove with Island Style Diving’s boat again today. As usual it was an excellent trip, expertly and joyously captained and crewed by Javier, Christina, Alex, and Yelena. First dive was on the Reef’s end side of Molokini. The swell is still up so it was surgey down to about 35 feet, where we spent […]
Still waiting for the shoreline visibility to really clear up, but I wanted to get underwater again… it’s become an addiction… a good addiction, but an addiction none-the-less. I ended up having to go in the afternoon as I was on call for work this weekend and I got called in not once, not twice, […]
Today I decided to test the limits of my new Scubajet underwater scooter by trying to get to and find the St. Anthony Wreck from Ulua Beach. I used to do this dive all the time from the neighboring Mokapu beach, but couldn’t remember the exact heading, which would need to be adjusted anyway for […]
First dives of the year with Island Style Diving. It was a great experience again. New dive guide (for me), Yelena (sp?), was fantastic! Professional, easy going, friendly, perfect. And whale season is in full effect! There was a pod of whales hanging outside Molokini, and another active pod on the ride back to the […]
Boxing day dives aboard the Maui Diamond II. I actually dove from the shore on each of the last 3 days, but conditions were not good so I was mainly playing around with my new Scubajet underwater scooter and did not get any pictures. Friday I dove Ulua Beach just before the swell really murked […]
Some of the pictures from my archives. Turtles: Eels: Frogfish: Scorpionfish: Other Fish: Harlequin Shrimp, Nudibranch, Monk Seal, etc.: Fiji:
Ok, all caught up. Going forward I will leave the date off the title as I intend to post the pictures the day I dive. For the record, these pictures were taken with the SeaLife Micro 3.0 camera with the Sola 2000 S/F hand light. On this dive I used the closeup lens (6″-24″).
Combining 2 days of diving into one. Same site, similar life spotted, not the greatest conditions. For the record, these pictures were taken with the SeaLife Micro 3.0 camera with the Sea Dragon 2500F light, perhaps supplemented with a Sola 2000 S/F hand light. On this dive I used either the super macro lens (4″-6″) […]
Another great day with the folks on the Maui Diamond. Even Rachel, the proprietor of Maui Dreams Dive Co., was on board. We did 2 drift dives on the back wall, first going from east of center towards Enenue, and the 2nd gong from west of center towards Reef’s end. 2nd dive: For the record, […]
I’ll be diving here a lot… parking is generally easy, entrance is easy, the dive bench by the shower post is a nice touch as well. Plus it is a nice reef that bottoms out at about 40 feet. Used to be a lot of turtles on the outer reef, but I have not seen […]
Back to Makena Landing, but with the SeaLife Micro 3.0 camera this time. It was a bit murky this day, so did not take a lot of pictures. But always enjoyable just being down there. For the record, these pictures were taken with the SeaLife Micro 3.0 camera with the Sea Dragon 2500F light, perhaps […]
This was my first time visiting the Carthaginian since it was moved from its above water spot in Lahaina Harbor, to its underwater graveyard 100 feet deep. I went on the Maui Diamond again, and once again the captain and crew were fantastic. I highly recommend this dive operation. We didn’t get much bottom time […]
This was my second time out on the Maui Diamond for a dusk/night dive. The last time was probably about 25 years ago. The captain and crew were fantastic. And we saw some fantastic critters at a site that I recall was called something with “skull” in it because of the likeness of a skull […]
I went back to Makena Landing for the first time in a long time. It used to be my favorite dive site, and it still is a great site, even though the the center section has really been destroyed by the charter boat industry (anchor drags on the reef and other poor stewardship practices). Had […]