{"id":512,"date":"2009-02-01T10:45:15","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T20:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/?p=512"},"modified":"2015-06-07T20:22:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T06:22:48","slug":"diving-for-fun-with-friends-at-mahukona-kohala-coast-hi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/diving-for-fun-with-friends-at-mahukona-kohala-coast-hi\/","title":{"rendered":"Diving for fun with friends at Mahukona, Kohala Coast, HI!"},"content":{"rendered":"

G_O_R_G_E_O_U_S__DAY<\/strong> for a dive with friends at Mahukona on the Kohala Coast, Hawaii!<\/p>\n

The weather and conditions were near perfect; and the water soooo clear! The trade winds have pretty much cleared the Vog from the Kohala Coast, the temperatures are in the mid-70’s and the water is near flat.
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An Old Pier at Mahukona and the clear, calm waters around it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Our timing was a little off due to our arrival at almost low tide which only makes the entry\/exit a little more challenging since the water is not at dock level; but that did not effect the end result; an excellent dive and I get to have a camera of my own now as well! \ud83d\ude09
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‘Battle of the Cameras’? No, just friends enjoying an AWESOME Dive!<\/figcaption><\/figure>Even though the water was quite brisk on entry, I still did not turn away; and after I had been in for a while, it was a very comfortable temperature and then I did not want to get out quickly. This harbor is a great dive spot especially for a relaxed dive just for fun and with friends, it is even better!
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Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella<\/em>) at Mahukona Harbor, HI.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nAt 78 minutes on one tank, it is the longest single dive that I have accomplished since getting my open water certification with the Dive Shop in Tucson, Arizona<\/a>. We stayed shallower than 40 feet and moved about the coral slowly to investigate nooks and caverns. While watching a Saddle Wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey<\/em>) chase several Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens<\/em>) out of its territory, it was very difficult not to smile and flood my mask \ud83d\ude09
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Large, graceful predator behind the engine prop at Mahukona Harbor, HI.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nI took many pictures! Although many of them were motion blurred, I did get some good photos of fish that I had been trying for since starting to dive with a camera. One of the most interesting pictures that I snapped on this dive was of a large, graceful predator with blue fins…Oh…wait…it is my dive buddy, Andy \ud83d\ude00 We also found what I thought was my first viewing of one of the Nudibranchs that Andy keeps finding; but later ID’d it as a Fuchsia Flatworm (Pseudoceros ferrugineus<\/em>). Still a very spectacular invertebrate. To keep you returning for more, that photo will post in the near future… Awesome Dive and we will do more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

G_O_R_G_E_O_U_S__DAY for a dive with friends at Mahukona on the Kohala Coast, Hawaii! The weather and conditions were near perfect; and the water soooo clear! The trade winds have pretty much cleared the Vog from the Kohala Coast, the temperatures are in the mid-70’s and the water is near flat. Our timing was a little off due to our arrival at almost low tide which only makes the entry\/exit a little more challenging since the water is not at dock level; but that did not effect the end result; an excellent dive and I get to have a camera of my own now as well! \ud83d\ude09 Even though the water was quite brisk on entry, I still did not turn away; and after I had been in for a while, it was a very comfortable temperature and then I did not want to get out quickly. This harbor is a great dive spot especially for a relaxed dive just for fun and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,6,11],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7j5sP-8g","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162,"href":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}