Was there last week, dove with bubbles below and fathom five. Both operators did ok, but conditions where not on our side. Low vis. and high seas with both operators we had problems, fathom five. They have 2 boats that are towed to the marina and launched. The day I dove with them both boats where used, it took us a little while to find the site, once the anchor was dropped our boat got a call from the other boat. They had ran out of gas, we pull up the anchor and go to there aid, towing them back to the ramp. We dove 2 sites, the icebox and three fingers I was not impressed at either site.
Next dive day with bubbles below, large seas made for a difficult trip. got in the water and became separated from 2 divers. The rest of us get back on the boat and we go pick up the 2 divers that where some distance away. We finally anchor and enter the water, spent the whole dive swimming around the anchor. I'm not sure how this happened, but as we tried to leave the site our anchor got rapped around a buoy and its line. The crew worked for at least an hour to get the anchor removed, never did so we left it for later retrieval. Went back to Port Allen to drop off 3 divers that where under the weather, 3 of us go back out to make our second dive. We checked out about 6 sites before just making a drift dive out side of the port.
Because of earlier rains vis was not the best. But neat hearing the whales.
My wife had a guide boat that we saw a lot of people using, but I don't have it handy so can only guess at its title. I think it was something like "The ultimate guide to Kauai" its blue with a satellite view of the island. Great book, they don't pull any Punch's and tells you if a restaurant is not good, not just what they offer on the menu.
Al
