…what a busy week! I will take photos of all the trees we planted …in the meantime please check out some of my closest neighbors ;) Paul's ashes were thrown at sea during a simple japanese ceremony in Hawaii on Thursday…It should have been done from a plane but a canoe was just fine..... read more

Friday was going to be a short dive. Probalby just about 2 hrs. High tide was very close to sunset and we need a special permit to be in the park after dark. We tested the 161 strobe early in the morning and decided it was faulty. I started my dive by the bikes where the big jawfish are. There were a couple of pregnant seahorses there yesterday and it was the last know location of the long nose batfish but no luck. I couldn’t find either one. Judy’s triegger fish was still by the tire and its mate was still swimming around. I stopped by and spent some time with it. After a while I discovered that there is a yellow cleanind shrimp inside the tire and the triegger fish like to get in there ... read more

There have been a couple of weeks since I arrived from Hi and I was dealing with our photo exhibit at The Blue Wild Expo. I was definitely looking forward to get wet. I emailed Linda and Judy to find out viz latest report and late findings. Linda was looking to photograph the Costasiellas and the long horn batfish. Judy and I were in a “whatever” mode. Deb reported 9 Black American seahares the week before and we saw a couple by the swimming area...we still don’t know what is causing so many do die. Linda was lucky to spend 45 minutes with a baby manatee. What a wonderful encounter!! I photographed an orange skeleton, there were a few duskys with eggs and I shot one with orange eggs. I saw a hermit crab trying to ... read more

Dive 21. E Beach. Solo dive I went back to E beach today to practice lighting techniques with the froggies. I could see the long swells from the look out area. There was some time in between swells but some of the waves were high and when that happens the ocean soaks ups the water in with some strength that can knock a diver with their gear down on the sand... It took me a while to decide. One of the freedive hunters at the beach offered to look out for me during the dive and meet me on the way out. So I went in. The yellow froggie was still in the same structure but on the bottom East corner of it and upside down and really difficult toget to. My head hurt from trying ... read more

Oahu Dive 18. Panic Point The entry point to the site is about 15 concrete steps down into the water. The bottom steps at the water edge are very slippery but there is a good handrail to grab on to. There are bathrooms and showers at the site. The toilets don’t have doors …it feels a bit weird when you are busy and someone rolls by in a bike. We put our fins on at the last steps and walk into the water using a couple of big rocks and sort of slide on them into the water. The entire time I kept thinking how much of a bad idea this was but I ended up doing it like the my buddies. I dove with Sandi, Charlie, Arnie (Dive instructor) and Don, the boat captain from ... read more