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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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Congratulations to Vincent and Mike for graduating from GUE Fundamentals this past weekend. 5 days of good, intense work, much improvement, and chillin’ with cool fish in Kona, Hawaii. More snapshots of Team Aquaman to come over next few days.
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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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…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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Yup, I’m behind on video editing again. So here’s some pics of some of my favorite reef-friends here in Kona.
Exploration news greets us this Aloha Friday on several fronts: Bahamas, Mexico, and Hawaii. From GUE and Project Baseline on the Pacific Provider at Andros Island, Bahamas Project Baseline reports: “Last night, a team of four technical divers dove … Continue reading
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Catfish Hotel sinkhole at Manatee Springs without Duckweed? Pics or it didn’t happen… Water level is high (easy to get into and out of water). Looks like the Suwanee River crested yesterday. So this will be prime Manatee cave diving … Continue reading
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Volume 15.1 of Global Underwater Explorers’ Quest Magazine is available online, complete with FOUR articles on the Mars wreck. Quest can be downloaded from this page on GUE’s website, use your GUE profile to login. Not a GUE member? Join … Continue reading
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Over Thanksgiving weekend, the O’ahu contingent of Hawaii Underwater Explorers (HUE) invaded the Big Island. We had a blast; but, Mer’s laptop sucked too much to edit the video. Now that we’ve fixed the former, enjoy the latter: video is … Continue reading
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James shares some pics from Kaitlin’s first post-Rec1 class dives! They send reports of flat seas, sharks, turtles, barracuda, sea cucumbers, many fish, and of course, pictures!
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A beautiful scene from Pololu Valley to start off your Aloha Friday! Pololu Valley is located at the north end of the Big Island of Hawaii, just beyond Hawi.
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…there’s helium being wasted. In a study published yesterday in Nature, US Geological Society researchers determined that 60 tons (that’s more than 11 Million cubic feet) of Helium are released annually from Yellowstone National Park’s steam vents and hot springs. … Continue reading
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So, it’s been a little quiet at Wet Rocks Diving. Got a new computer and restoring and organizing my files so that I can download SD cards and post has been a little bit like finding the frogfish in the below … Continue reading