Diving Electric Beach with Hunter

Gloria, Hunter, and Heidi suited up
  My good friend Hunter his new fiancee, Gloria, flew to Hawaii for a visit so we have been adventuring around the island non stop. A full island tour with stops for cliff jumping, (farmed) shrimp eating, wave watching, and taste testing was just the beginning. Day two we ventured out to the less visited West side of the island to do a little underwater exploring. Hunter got SCUBA certified during his first visit out to Hawaii so we always try to fit in a bunch of dives while he is here.
  We picked a beautiful day to go diving at our favorite west side spot called Electric Beach. The only problem was when we pulled up I realized we should have brought surf boards instead of scuba tanks. It is a relatively shallow dive, about 20ft, and the waves looked way bigger than the forecast called for. But not to be deterred we strapped on our tanks and kicked out through the breaking waves near the beach.

   Things were looking good as we kicked out through the somewhat murky shallow water. We saw a three legged turtle....it wasn't a fresh wound so I didn't worry too much. And while we could feel the waves overhead the water did clear up a bit out past the big outflow structure. Pretty much all of my pictures from this dive took place over the next ten minutes as we kicked around the beautiful, clear water. It was such a stark difference from twenty feet earlier where suspended sediment filled with water column.

Divers and all the fish
Fish Everywhere
  It seemed the fish also enjoyed the clear water. Giant schools of pennant butterfly fish, goat fish, and others now filled the water column. We enjoyed our crystal clear underwater world for a bit longer before heading back in towards the murky reef. Perseverance paid off making this a successful dive. Welcome back Hunter

Pennant Butterfly fish among the wreckage

We ran into a lone turtle on the way back in


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