A day at the car wash

For months I've been scanning tide charts and swell models, and buddy availability, to get out to Puako House 40 early enough to catch the Turtle cleaning station in action.  Seems turtles like to get cleaned early, and the little tangs and surgeons that do the cleaning like to have breakfast.  So early works best.

We got into the water around 10 am on an incoming tide.  Just what I like at Puako which is annoyingly shallow on the way out over the lava shelf inshore, and back at low tide.

Seems that others had the came idea since when we got there divers were already snapping pics of the actioin.  There were at least four turtles moving in and out of the cleaning station.  The fish were having a fine meal.

Also cool was a very large Orange mouth Lizard fish under a ledge.

Here are some pics.