Kona Aggressor II - June 6-13, 2009

Our first two dives were at Never Neverland. Saw some crown of thorns and some eels.

After lunch we moved to Au Au Crater. Rick jumped in with a snorkel for a bit and spotted an octopus for a second. With our scuba gear we swam around the site and back to the area under the boat where we found the octopus. We stayed and watched him for about 15 minutes, playing a game of cat and mouse where he would venture from his hole as long as we stayed well back and stopped moving, otherwise he would go back inside.

On the second afternoon dive we swam around the shallow area towards the shore and found another octopus to annoy watch. For the night dive Randy took the still camera and Rick was the spotter. We saw another viper moray, an anemone crab (it had several anemone attached to it's shell) and a little flounder.

Before bed we all headed to the top deck and enjoyed the warm tropical night air. Ah, paradise!