Hammered before noon

Honu Iki was idling out of the harbor while Katrina wished straight into the void for Hammerheads.  OK, we all said; that'd be great.  Water is getting colder at around 76-77 degrees and that's hammerhead conditions.

Sure enough, after a full basket of Psychedelic Wrasses, Devil Scorpions and Frogfish, we looked out over the dropoff and suddenly everyone was tank banging.  It was about a ten footer and it circled round us once before disappearing into the blue.

Devil Scorpion 1

Devil Scorpion 2

Gold Lace nudibranch

Goldring Surgeon and Cleaner wrasse

Juvenile Cleaner Wrasse

Cleaner Wrasse

 Here's the Psychedelic Wrasse Family.

Male and Female Psychedelic Wrasse

Female Psychedselic wrasses

That was an epic amount of critterhood for one day, but it was just the first dive.  After the Hammerhead encounter we hauled out of Pawai Bay and moored up at Pine Trees.  What was waiting for us under the sea were more Frogfdish, more Devil Scorpions, and some incredibly cool small animals, including a Jeweled Anemone Crab that Katrina found wedged in a crack.

Arceye Hawkfish kissing Agile Chromis

Baby something that Katrina found

Bird Wrasse

Devil Scorpion

Eyestripe Surgeon

Brown Frogfish

Harlequin Shrimp

Hawaiian Sergeant

Juvenile Stareye Parrot

Eight line wrasse

Longnose Butterfly

Ornate Butterfly

Ornate Wrasse

Partridge Tun

Pustulose nudi

Red Frogfish

Ron Wolfe

Jeweled Anemone Crab

Tara and Kstrina

White outh eel

Yellow Frogfish

Two Fourspot Butterflies

Black lip butterfly