August 8th, 2009

Today, we went to a reef that, as far as I know, does not have a name. It's the reef south of Shark Fin Rock and North of Kailua Pier. Doug and Vikki are here! (from L.A) (Doug Wakeman has a lot of photos on our dive page.... check out his work) Dee and Marcie also were out today. We decided to name the reef after our puppy, Kea. (Dee's idea) so here are the highlights from "Kea's Reef" today: 2 Spotted Eagle Rays, a Zebra Moray Eel, a Yellow Margin Moray getting cleaned by shrimp, an Undulated Moray, Banded Coral Shrimp, an Octo Coral garden larger than any we've seen on the Kona Coast before. On the safety stop we had a curious Great Barracuda come check us out. cool

At Lone Tree Arch, we had a Tiger Moray, Whip Coral Gobies and Two Frogfish. The white one is sharing it's antler coral with some kind of Elbow Crab. The white frog fish is so cool. It has an orange angler, a black striped tail and black toe tips. The other frog fish is right by the mooring and is bright yellow.