Arc-Eye Hawkfish My first day of diving wasn't until Thursday because conditions were iffy both above and below the surface all week. Even then, visibility wasn't great at...
1 My first day of diving wasn't until Thursday because conditions were iffy both above and below the surface all week. Even then, visibility wasn't great at…
KauaiDiving2015-021 Small school of Moorish Idols
2 Small school of Moorish Idols
White-Tipped Reef Shark Tunnels Reef, Kauai White-tipped Reef Shark at Tunnels
3 White-tipped Reef Shark at Tunnels
Pacific Trumpetfish Conditions at Tunnels were not really improving, so on Sunday afternoon I did a South Shore boat trip. The first dive was a drift dive that started at Fish Bowl...
4 Conditions at Tunnels were not really improving, so on Sunday afternoon I did a South Shore boat trip. The first dive was a drift dive that started at Fish Bowl…
Scrambled-Egg Nudibranch Scrambled-Egg Nudibranch
5 Scrambled-Egg Nudibranch
KauaiDiving2015-043 One of two large Yellow Margin Morays during the dive
6 One of two large Yellow Margin Morays during the dive
KauaiDiving2015-046 Blue-striped snapper were in massive schools over the reef
7 Blue-striped snapper were in massive schools over the reef
KauaiDiving2015-050 Another huge Yellow Margin Moray peering out from his hiding place
8 Another huge Yellow Margin Moray peering out from his hiding place
Crown of Thorns Star Crown of Thorns Star
9 Crown of Thorns Star
Most sea cucumbers are pretty unremarkable, but this one was the gnarliest I'd ever seen. Having no clue and no ID books with me, I had to wait until I got home to look it up. Final verdict is that it's the appropriately named Hawaiian Spiky Sea Cucumber. Go figure! One of the gnarliest sea cucumbers I've encountered, I looked it up after we got home. It's a Hawaiian Spiky Sea Cucumber. Go figure!
10 One of the gnarliest sea cucumbers I've encountered, I looked it up after we got home. It's a Hawaiian Spiky Sea Cucumber. Go figure!
KauaiDiving2015-065 Eyestripe Surgeonfish feeding on the reef
11 Eyestripe Surgeonfish feeding on the reef
Dragon Moray Koloa Landing dive site, Kauai Into the second week of our vacation and conditions at Tunnels on the North Shore were still mediocre. So I did my final day of diving at Koloa Landing. At...
12 Into the second week of our vacation and conditions at Tunnels on the North Shore were still mediocre. So I did my final day of diving at Koloa Landing. At…
Honu Koloa Landing dive site, Kauai Lots of turtles too at Koloa Landing
13 Lots of turtles too at Koloa Landing
Devil Scorpionfish Koloa Landing dive site, Kauai This Devil Scorpionfish, a master of disguise, was just sitting out and enjoying the view
14 This Devil Scorpionfish, a master of disguise, was just sitting out and enjoying the view
KauaiDiving2015-082 Whitemouth Moray
15 Whitemouth Moray
KauaiDiving2015-086 Orangeband Surgeonfish
16 Orangeband Surgeonfish
KauaiDiving2015-091 I am pretty sure this ugly mass is a Commerson's Frogfish
17 I am pretty sure this ugly mass is a Commerson's Frogfish
KauaiDiving2015-093 A white Leaf Scorpionfish
18 A white Leaf Scorpionfish
Blackside Hawkfish Koloa Landing dive site, Kauai Blackside Hawkfish
19 Blackside Hawkfish
Adult Whitemouth Moray Koloa Landing dive site, Kauai An adult Whitemouth Moray
20 An adult Whitemouth Moray