Capturing the Moment

   During his Hawaii visit Hunter wanted to not just get some diving in, but go deeper than ever before. So we signed up for an advanced shipwreck dive off of Oahu's southern coast. We decided to tackled the wreck of the Sea Tiger. Here is the online description of the dive:  "One of our favorite wreck dives on the south side!  The Sea Tiger is 168 ft of artificial reef, sunk in 1999.  An amazing array of marine life is already taking advantage of this ship, including squirrelfish and filefish, morays, endangered green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays and reef sharks.  The main deck sits at around 80 feet, while the hull hits the sand at about 127 ft. The ship was originally named Yun Fong Seong No. 303, the ship was apprehended by the Honolulu Harbor Police carrying 93 illegal Chinese immigrants and became legend as Hawaii’s largest seizure of illegal immigrants.  The name Sea Tiger came from one of the ship’s later owners, a Vietnamese...

  After driving along the coast, soaking in sun rays on the beach, and scuba diving under the waves, I wanted to show Hunter and Gloria a different side of Hawaii, so off into the jungle we went. A fun mile long hike through the dense rainforest behind Manoa Valley was our choice and it turned out to be a good one. We walked by sites where filming for Jurassic Park, Hunger Games, and Lost occurred, thru a dense jungle, only a couple of miles from the hustle and bustle of Waikiki.   It hadn't rained for a few days so the falls themselves were just a trickle, but I had never seen the pool at the bottom so clear. Getting her late in the afternoon also allowed us to have the falls pretty much all to ourselves. Chalk up another beautiful side of Oahu.

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 g...