White Rock Dive Review

I am always looking for a new place to dive and explore so it was a thrill to try a new site along the south Maui coastline known as 'White Rock'. It is a little trek across some beautiful beaches and some sharp lava outcroppings to get to the entry point but it was definitely worth it.

Right off the bat we had a white tip reef shark hanging out in this great swim thru. Then we started finding our treasured nudibranchs. The gold laced nudibranch on the left is always one of my favorites. Our big new find came when Heidi checked some Spanish Dancer eggs which look like a velvet rose and found some egg eating nudibranchs on one of the 'petals'.

 You can see how small the nudibranchs are. They get their red color from the eggs they are feasting on. This is one of those times when it pays to have done your research. Who would have thought to look on nudibranch eggs to find more nudibranchs!?

 One of the benefits of going slow and checking all the nooks and crannies for nudibranchs is that we commonly find moray eels hiding in their lairs. Sometimes they are easy to spot like this zebra moray to the left, and other times we only catch a glimpse like this yellow headed moray to the right. Occasionally we get very lucky and see an eel totally out freeswimming the reef.

 Another rare find thanks to Heidi's sharp eye was this flame angelfish. They are reclusive and very shy, diving back into the finger coral to hide. I had to stay put for a while before this one came back out just long enough for a quick picture. A juvenile yellow tang and a squirrelfish share hiding places with this beautiful angelfish.