A Perfect Day!

Wow, what a great day! Calm conditions, no current, clear viz. All at the same time! The first dive was at the Corsair [109fsw/0:13]. You could see the plane clearly from the surface. Neal found not one, but two eels wrapped around each other under the starboard wing. Tremain had a little trouble clearing his ears, but he hovered above the dive site like he was laying on a table. That's the way to do it; don't abort the dive, just practice good buoyancy control and stay with the group! On the way up, you could see the NoriZ, you could almost touch it.

The second dive was at Spitting Caves. The current was Diamond Head, we could see the bottom while we got ready. We were hoping for a repeat appearance of one of the Hawaiian Monk Seals that Chris spotted yesterday. But even before that, as soon as we were on the bottom, we spotted a White Tip Shark in one of the caves. Just a few minutes later there was a Commerson's Frogfish hanging on the reef for his photo-op.
And then we found the seal hanging at for us. I think it was Erma. It was a little hard to tell since I was trying to keep a respectful distance from these endangered and mysterious creatures. I did manage to get a couple of good shots as she glided by! After that, we drifted along for another 20 minutes, spotting turtles every few minutes or so. After the safety stop, we surfaced and someone shouted, "There's a[n Eagle] ray down there!" Sure enough, the ray was doing orbits on the sandy bottom just below us! Woohoo! Melissa said that this was probably the best dive she's ever done here. It certainly is going to be hard to beat!