Whale near the ship.

1st dive site...Rabbit Island (taken a few days prior from near the lighthouse in the next picture.)

Approching Rabbit Isle.

At Rabbit Island looking back at the lighthouse.

Nearing the dive site. The island is off limits. (It's a bird sanctuary but we can dive near it.)

Where we jump in.

Sorry... very murky conditions. Photoshop can only do so much.

Saw a huge school of these on the last dive.

A Crown of Thorns (a pest).

Leaving Rabbit Island. Conditions were poor so we headed North.

Heading North to find some clearer water. Most of us have never been up this way; maybe I'll see my house?

Whale Ho!

My town... Kailua.

I can ALMOST see the house! Too many TREES!

Right through that gap..just under the tree tops. Never expected to be out here today. Rabbit Island is ussally the limit.

View from the house.

Heading to dive 2. The tip of the Marine Corp base (that's the rock they store their bombs in.)

Dive site #2: two small islands off the Marine Corp base rock. Off limits to all but the birds. Dive site doesn't have name...yet.

Cold and deep (90 ft) and still murky. I christened the site Jarhead Ridge since it's off the Marine Corp base. Maybe it will stick.

Leaving Jarhead Ridge...heading back to Rabbit Island.

Whale.

Kailua area.

Dive site #3 off Sandy's Beach.... much clearer (but still not great) and more wildlife.

Small eel.

That school I mentioned.

Would have been a nice shot if I was a few feet deeper. Seem to get alot of fish butt shots!

The lone turtle of the day.

A buddy fighting with an octopus.

I couple I met; Leo and his future wife.

Another whale as we head back to port.