Oside Jimc
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Well I just got home from my bonus trip to Maui, just a short 6 days, but I got 3 more days of diving with B&B.
Firsy day was a bit windy, we dove middle reef at Molokini for the first tank, yat another gem. Sharks, big Ulua, garden eels, just a great time. I left my Nikonos home on this trip and used Brad's digital, so one again lot's of fish butts and fuzzy shots. I can tell the move to digital is going to take some adjustment! But sill got a couple of passable shots:
The second dive was Red Hill, probably my favorite dive on the shoreline, lots of diverse life. Eels, Frogfish, Turtles, and multiple eagle rays. And as a bonus an appearance by a huge school of Barracuda, very cool! As a photo trip this one was a bust, just 1 keeper.
The next morning the wind had blown all night and it was whitecapped just outside the ramp at 6:00am. For the sake of safety Brad mad the call the Molokini was off so we did 1 tank at Red Hill, the second at White Rock. More fun diving! The Morays were out on the prowl in force, we saw 6 different Zebra Morays, a couple of Snowflakes, and the usual parade of white mouth. Highlight of the day was an eagle ray feeding in the sand, oblivious to us watching him for a good 5 minutes.
What the hell is this????? I forgot to ask on the boat
The last day was the highlight of both trips to the Island, weather was perfect so we did the back wall, what a spectacular dive, not as much fish and coral as inside the crater, but for my money an awe inspiring dive.
Amazing, Fish really do have heads!
The final dive of the trip was back to Red Hill, amazing as usual, but I am a little appalled at what the shore fishermen are doing the the area, at the start of the dive the bottom was a mess of line and weights, I filled by thigh pocket in no time.
Very Cool!
Alas all good things must come to an end so for the next 5 moths I'll be back in the dry suit until my spring Mexico trip.
Until then here is a short video from the different dives of this trip (A BIG plus for digital!):
Firsy day was a bit windy, we dove middle reef at Molokini for the first tank, yat another gem. Sharks, big Ulua, garden eels, just a great time. I left my Nikonos home on this trip and used Brad's digital, so one again lot's of fish butts and fuzzy shots. I can tell the move to digital is going to take some adjustment! But sill got a couple of passable shots:
The second dive was Red Hill, probably my favorite dive on the shoreline, lots of diverse life. Eels, Frogfish, Turtles, and multiple eagle rays. And as a bonus an appearance by a huge school of Barracuda, very cool! As a photo trip this one was a bust, just 1 keeper.
The next morning the wind had blown all night and it was whitecapped just outside the ramp at 6:00am. For the sake of safety Brad mad the call the Molokini was off so we did 1 tank at Red Hill, the second at White Rock. More fun diving! The Morays were out on the prowl in force, we saw 6 different Zebra Morays, a couple of Snowflakes, and the usual parade of white mouth. Highlight of the day was an eagle ray feeding in the sand, oblivious to us watching him for a good 5 minutes.
What the hell is this????? I forgot to ask on the boat
The last day was the highlight of both trips to the Island, weather was perfect so we did the back wall, what a spectacular dive, not as much fish and coral as inside the crater, but for my money an awe inspiring dive.
Amazing, Fish really do have heads!
The final dive of the trip was back to Red Hill, amazing as usual, but I am a little appalled at what the shore fishermen are doing the the area, at the start of the dive the bottom was a mess of line and weights, I filled by thigh pocket in no time.
Very Cool!
Alas all good things must come to an end so for the next 5 moths I'll be back in the dry suit until my spring Mexico trip.
Until then here is a short video from the different dives of this trip (A BIG plus for digital!):
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