Mauna Lani

Ammon and I were able to check out one of our spots outside of Mauna Lani after not diving there for what seemed like forever. On this trip I was armed with my favorite gun. An omer 110cm Cayman Carbon with an Omer match 50M reel. Ammon was armed with his 100cm omer cayman.

We swam out looking for the infamous ulua house where in the past my two friends and I were able to get a nice one. Upon swimming along the drop off and not seeing much action, I decided to make some drops and see what would come in. The first drop that I took a small uku came in. Scanning all around me I didn't see anything else. We swam back in and decided to swim right with the current.

We encountered a lot of nice structure. Not seeing any game fish we decided to shoot a few rois. I see a big school of nenues and some uhus. On the way back I also saw a good size kumu but it ran away. :( It was a long dive and we ended up getting a few fish.

1st dive of summer 2010

After being sick for about 2 weeks my friends and I were all itching to dive together after being away from the big island for so long. I was just getting over a massive cold which later turned out to be a bacterial infection. After being prescribed three large doses of antibiotics from Dr. Hopman and a good weeks rest, I finally felt up to getting back in the water.

Today's dive took place at the infamous break wall. My dive partner Ammon accompanied me on this trip, and we were both anxious and excited to dive together again after much time had passed. I was using my trusty 90cm HHead and Ammon was armed with his 100cm omer cayman. I was fast to suit up and quick to jump in.

Upon jumping in my eyes began to slowly adjust to the clarity of the ocean after not seeing it for such a long time. I did a few warm up dives and we started to swim out. We saw a few uhus but I wanted to check the mouth to see if there would be any predatory fish cruising the murky depths.

Reaching the mouth I threw a spoon and took a blind drop. I hit the bottom and looked up to see the spoon continually spiraling down towards me. Two omilus rush in and I get a shot on a small one. We dove for about an hour more and decided to call it day. I knew this would be the start of another epic Big Island summer.