Oh my gosh! It's been so long since I went diving! Dan and I finally got to use our Aaron's Dive Shop groupon for 2-tank boat dive in December. It was so great to dive with Dan again...our last dive together was in July!
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Aaron's Dive Shop dive boat at Waianae Harbor |
It was not ideal conditions the day we went, super windy and a little choppy. So we didn't go very far away from the Waianae Boat Harbor. But we had so much fun! I think it could have been the worst day ever and I still would have been stoked! The first site we dove was called Landing Craft Deep. We were fairly conservative and didn't go the max depth (90-100ft), we stayed above the ship at about 83ft.
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Landing craft bow |
My camera was still out for repairs at this point so all our pictures are blue :)
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Me diving around the bow of the landing craft |
I am a little sensitive to
nitrogen narcosis and so I don't usually like to go deeper than 80-90 feet, unless there is something really cool deeper.
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Looking up at the surface |
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Kissing fish! Haha. Not really. But the foreground/backgound trick definitlely makes it look real |
We were down on the wreck for about 25 minutes and saw a lot of really interesting animals! Inside a exhaust or smoke pipe I saw two golden gobies! I tried to show them to my husband but underwater communication is not always effective...and sometimes it's just downright hilarious! We also saw a stingray, a blue dragon nudibranch, and a single pyramid butterflyfish. Obviously we saw much more but those were the "stars" of the dive.
The second dive was shallower and the site was called Two Tanks. I like shallow dives because you get to stay down longer and are able to take your time.
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Marlin spike auger |
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Whitley's boxfish |
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Do you see the octopus? It's got its eye on you! |
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Imperial nudibranch train |
My husband and I love nudibranchs...A LOT. We love them so much that we went as nudibranchs for Halloween a few years ago. No one knew what we were. We got several really weird guesses. My favorite was "WHOA! Are you like, psychedelic ninja turtles?!"
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