09-03-2006, 04:32 PM
I don't know what Pam's talking about it's 7PM and i just got home. Maybe she was tired from running us all in laps all day, phew. Have air will travel. Look out seafood, Pam's back!
I had a great time meeting everyone, unfortunately most of the BBQ was gone by the time we got out of the water 2nd time. Some one ate a lot of hot dogs!
I can't thank Chili enough for hosting, Pam for coordinating, Julie for showing up (she'll be posting soon, she's just learned of PunaWeb), and Andrew for being such a great relaxed, nice guy. I look forward to more dives. Can't wait to see Andrew's photos, though I understand from expereience that maybe only one or two may come out well.
Thanks also to Connie and Michelle, Theo Karen and Keo, Carey and Jim, Jdirgo, JMinica, and a few others who i admit i got confused between their Punaweb names and their real names who all came out, everyone was so nice!
I saw lots of eels, saw a pair of huge 6 foot turtles feeding on seaweed in the surf(among many), painted flatworms, nudibranchs, all the usual fishes (some very colorful wrasses and hawkfish i hadn't seen before), a coral i hadn't seen elsewhere in Hawaii (yet) and a damselfish i've never seen described anywhere. Maybe a new species? This side is so unexplored and undescribed that new species are constantly being added.
I vote for Poihiki next, though with the caveat that it be during a weekday, Sat-Sun you can't see the road or water for all the locals down there. No big surf though! Nothing over head high.
I also have yet to do the manta dive in Kona, anyone know if you can access the new spot from shore?
Aloha, and Thanks!
Hazen
BTW pictures are posted here, only crappy phone pics, but they still let you get a good gander at Chili half naked!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=2fjd1m9r.2qn4lgcj&Uy=-96joup&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0
Check out any other galleries you may want. I'm the guy in the hat, with the brittlestar on his face, and swimming naked with the whale shark.
I had a great time meeting everyone, unfortunately most of the BBQ was gone by the time we got out of the water 2nd time. Some one ate a lot of hot dogs!
I can't thank Chili enough for hosting, Pam for coordinating, Julie for showing up (she'll be posting soon, she's just learned of PunaWeb), and Andrew for being such a great relaxed, nice guy. I look forward to more dives. Can't wait to see Andrew's photos, though I understand from expereience that maybe only one or two may come out well.
Thanks also to Connie and Michelle, Theo Karen and Keo, Carey and Jim, Jdirgo, JMinica, and a few others who i admit i got confused between their Punaweb names and their real names who all came out, everyone was so nice!
I saw lots of eels, saw a pair of huge 6 foot turtles feeding on seaweed in the surf(among many), painted flatworms, nudibranchs, all the usual fishes (some very colorful wrasses and hawkfish i hadn't seen before), a coral i hadn't seen elsewhere in Hawaii (yet) and a damselfish i've never seen described anywhere. Maybe a new species? This side is so unexplored and undescribed that new species are constantly being added.
I vote for Poihiki next, though with the caveat that it be during a weekday, Sat-Sun you can't see the road or water for all the locals down there. No big surf though! Nothing over head high.
I also have yet to do the manta dive in Kona, anyone know if you can access the new spot from shore?
Aloha, and Thanks!
Hazen
BTW pictures are posted here, only crappy phone pics, but they still let you get a good gander at Chili half naked!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=2fjd1m9r.2qn4lgcj&Uy=-96joup&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0
Check out any other galleries you may want. I'm the guy in the hat, with the brittlestar on his face, and swimming naked with the whale shark.