August 12, 2009

Tropical Depression Felecia brought us rain all night. We awoke to a soggy boat. A beautiful sunny day and strong winds out of the South today. Tomorrow, things should return to normal.

Three tanks planned today with the first stop being the Naked Lady. Crazy with critters... Didn't find the frog fish or the shark today, but lots of other fun stuff to keep us busy. 3 Leaf Scorpion Fish, Long Nose Hawkfish, 8 Green Hawaiian Lionfish, Bicolor Anthius, Helmet Conch, Lantern Tobies, gobies, nudibranchs, shrimp, and much more.

Dive two and three we hid from the South wind at Nai'a Bay and Turtle Pinnacle. The snorkelers hung out with that big, male Green Sea Turtle for quite a while at Nai'a Bay and then swam with Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins at Turtle Pinnacle! The divers got to enjoy a Spotted Eagle Ray, about 50 Cornet fish, puffer fish, a couple big Yellow Margin Moray Eels, turtles, octopus and more!

Underwater, visibility was well over 100 feet. I wonder if they can say that in Florida and the Caribbean when a Hurricane, turned Tropical Depression, rolls on through. I doubt it. Kona is so awesome!