Dive No.: 1985
Dive Site: Corsair, Oahu, Hawaii
Max Depth: 108ft/32m
Total Time: 26 mins

Air: 200bar – 120 bar
Mix: air
Tank: 63cu
Weight: 8lbs

Visibility: 130ft/40m
Water: 73F/23C
Exposure: Rash Guard, 5mm full wet suit, 3mm skull cap

Comments:

The visibility was jaw-dropping on this dive. We could see the entire wreck of the Corsair from the surface. The current was fairly strong; using the line was critical during the 100ft/30m ascent and descent. This WWII wreck was packed full of squirrelfish and soldierfish and surrounded by a vast field of garden eels. A handful of morays peeked out from inside the fuselage. I wish my group hadn’t gone through their air so fast, because I would have loved another couple minutes to peer into the wreck and see all the cool critters hiding inside.

Dive No.: 1986
Dive Site: Anglers, Oahu, Hawaii
Max Depth: 45ft/13m
Total Time: 42 mins

Air: 200bar – 110 bar
Mix: air
Tank: 63cu
Weight: 8lbs

Visibility: 50ft/15m
Water: 73F/23C
Exposure: Rash Guard, 5mm full wet suit, 3mm skull cap

Comments:

Funky currents, lower viz, and difficult group control made this dive a bit less entertaining than I would have liked. A few folks in the group started dropping before I was even in the water and spread out too far to make the first half of the dive worthwhile. Nonetheless, we regrouped, countered the current, and managed to find a few cool eels on the way back to the mooring.

Dive No.: 1987
Dive Site: Koko Craters, Oahu, Hawaii
Max Depth: 44ft/13m
Total Time: 39 mins

Air: 200bar – 120 bar
Mix: EANx36
Tank: 80cu
Weight: 8lbs

Visibility: 40ft/12m
Water: 75F/24C
Exposure: Rash Guard, 5mm full wet suit, 3mm skull cap

Comments:

Turtles, turtles everywhere! There’s no better way to reward a 21-year-old birthday party than by showing her over half a dozen turtles in a dive. Cooey helped me find the fourth crater where a huge cleaning station packed with turtles was hidden. The viz wasn’t great, but good enough that the group of college girls I was guiding could see the large Hawaiian turtles gliding past them. Sadly, a few of the turtles were diseased (see above photo) with a series of growths that are the equivalent of reptilian herpes.

Dive No.: 1988
Dive Site: Koko Craters, Oahu, Hawaii
Max Depth: 42ft/12m
Total Time: 44 mins

Air: 200bar – 120 bar
Mix: EANx36
Tank: 80cu
Weight: 8lbs

Visibility: 40ft/12m
Water: 75F/24C
Exposure: Rash Guard, 5mm full wet suit, 3mm skull cap

Comments:

Another dive on Koko and yep, more turtles. I took the group of girls on a different route and found loads of wonderful macro life, including several nudibranchs, a couple leaf scorpionfish, one free-swimming plumed scorpionfish, some snake eels, and one big fat moray eel. There was even a pesky sergeant major who kept biting my fin every time I took a kick, much to the amusement of my group.