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Wet Rocks Diving has students looking for teammates for GUE classes, specifically Rec 2, Rec 3, and DPV1. I’m also including Fundamentals classes happening outside FL. UPDATE: There are a couple past Wet Rocks students looking for Cave 1 and … Continue reading
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Team Aquaman had some adventures before, during, and after their Fundamentals class. Here’s just some of them: There were also stories of round-island trips, Volcano National Park adventures, river fording, waterfall finding, WHOA fast-boat craziness, and Mauna Kea sledding. Mikey … Continue reading
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Here’s some of the underwater life Team Aquaman saw during their GUE Fundamentals class in Kona, Hawaii. We totally saw this little guy (he’s about 3′ long when not buried in sand) while doing buoyancy practice. Plus a Spotted Eagle … Continue reading
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Check out yesterday’s post for part one of this caving research trip. After 22J, we headed up to 22I. Previous scouting trips noted only 5m of cave in one direction and 15m in the other; however, after staring at a … Continue reading
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Last weekend I headed south to Ka’u to join up with a couple other members of the Hawaii Speleological Survey to work on a research permit to discover, survey, describe, map, and photograph lava tube caves within Kahuku Unit of Hawai’i … Continue reading
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Here’s a few screenshots Team Aquaman selected to save from their recent GUE Fundamentals class in Kona, Hawaii. And some shots from their experience dives.
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There is a ColorRunTM scheduled for Kona, Hawaii in Sept 2014. (and Ft Lauderdale, FL in May and Gainesville, FL in Sept). This event just doesn’t sit right with me, here’s my thoughts: DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS, PLEASE. The … Continue reading
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Divers in Kona, Hawaii would like to remind you to analyze your gas. Courtesy of my friends in the tentatively-named Reggae jam band “The Equalizers”. Lyrics are PG-13.
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Skipping forward to dive 5 of Oren’s Kona trip, we made an early morning visit to Ho’okena. Snorkeled often, Ho’okena is not a common site for “normal” scuba diving, as it’s a long kick out to 30-40′ depth. Not a … Continue reading
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Oren’s in Kona town, brought his ride, and we’ve been out playing. Here’s some screengrabs from his first Kona, Hawaii scooter dive. Kailua Bay was great; featured awesome topography in the shallows, lots of fish, and a visit to the … Continue reading
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We just wrapped up a GUE Doubles Primer here in Kona. Peter and Josh are GUE’s newest Doubles Divers. Congratulations, minions, and thank you for the hard work! We often feel compelled to adopt a team name that describes the … Continue reading
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An update on the current attempt to regulate the Kona Manta dive made the front page of the West Hawaii Today newspaper. We’ve watched the night manta dive or snorkel grow in popularity over the last 10 years and it … Continue reading
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…turtle look for you! Serge sends along this turtley video clip. Make sure to stay tuned for the happy dance at the very end. More from this dive here.
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Dove Puako today, off Hawaii’s Kona/Kohala coast, with GUE Seattle’s Serge, and these turtles were all up in our grills. More soon. Too. much. video. Check out more from this dive here.
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Here’s a teaser video clip of the school of Blue-Stripped Snapper that followed us for a chunk of our scooter dive in Kailua Bay. More about this dive here.
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Peter T and I did a great scooter dive yesterday in Kailua Bay, right in the heart of Kona Town. This site is often overlooked as it starts super shallow and doesn’t have perfect vis; however, this reef is super … Continue reading
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Check out the short video below showing short-term baseline shift at Project Baseline’s Hawaii Kai location, a couple islands over on O’ahu. What feature of your favorite dive site should Project Baseline track? Email Mer in Kona or Jo on … Continue reading
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It’s Tuesday, it’s tweak day, there might be tacos afterwards. Who’s coming? (We meet mauka tier of Coconut Grove at 330pm to consolidate cars. Email Mer by noon if you need a tank.) Here’s some pics from one of our … Continue reading
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Yup, I’m behind on video editing again. So here’s some pics of some of my favorite reef-friends here in Kona.
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Check out this article on coral species not previously seen in the main Hawaiian islands being observed for the first time earlier this year off Kona. This coral species is common in the Red Sea, Australia, the Indo-Pacific, and the … Continue reading