July 27th and July 28th, 2009

On the 27th we went to Nai'a Bay and Skull Cave. The highlights were Spotted Eagle Rays, Red Stripe Pipefish, Whip Coral Shrimp, Peacock Razor Fish, Horned Helmet Conchs, octopus, wide variety of moray eels. It was our first visit to Skull Cave in quite a while since summertime brings the south swell, which makes Skull Cave super surgy. it was nice however and we saw a White Tip Reef Shark (Lala Kea)

The dive on the Naked Lady on the 28th, was off the hook!! We have not dove there in so very long, but heard from Dee that there were lots of cool critters hanging around. She was right. Our action-packed 26 minute bottom time brought on the following plethora or marine life: A chill Lala Kea hanging around on the sand, 8 Green Hawaiian Lionfish, Frog fish, a Longnose Hawkfish, Curious Wormfish everywhere, a HUGE Ewa Blenny, a HUGE Peacock Flounder, Flagtail Filefish, Bicolor Anthius, a Helmet Conch, a few Peacock Razor Fish, an octupus, and a TON of Domino Damsel Fish. The water reached 81 degrees for the first time this summer! YAY!

Our second dive was a drift around Kaiwi Point. The highlights were, A Tiger Moray out and about. I think Mike Smith got some good pictures. We also saw a Zebra Moray, Belted Wrasses and Tinker, Flame and Banded Angel Fish.