2018

{Blog for Saturday, July 28th, so it will be in the present tense} We had some time to sleep in this morning. After we all woke up, changed, and ate breakfast, we headed to a beautiful beach to clean it up. We started off picking up trash. I really liked cleaning up the beach, and as a plus, I saw...

Today was our fourth day in Hawaii, and we went manta diving! We began our day by going on a zodiac tour. The zodiac boat is really fast, reaching 300 horsepower, and we went to far off the coast into deep sea, where we saw a lot of animals. We first saw several short fin pilot whales, which were...

This morning, we left early for a two tank dive off of Honokohau Harbour. Our first dive was at a place called Sucle Er Up. At this site, it has a great big lava tube with lots of natural light from. It got its name from that lava tubes tendency to suck divers up and spit them out on the...

After a multitude of hours flying around the globe, we have finally touched down in Kona, Hawaii. We moved in quickly and ate until our bellies had their fill. Once we settled in, our leaders gave us an overview of the week ahead. Personally, I am most excited and nervous for the black water night dives. The disorientation of...

I'm most exited to dive in the complex and very unique environment in Hawaii. Hawaii has a very diverse ecosystem, which many species are specific to only Hawaii and it will be interesting to see these species functioning in the environment. A specie which I am especially interested in is the Manta Rays. The rays will be extremely fun...

Looking forward to the trip in Hawai‘i, I cant wait to embark on new dive adventures especially the night dives. I have been diving before, in fact I went on the trip last year to Virgin Gorda where my favorite dive was the Kodiak Queen. On the wreck dive we went to 60 feet and ventured our way through...

On day five of our trip to the “big island,” we began the day by exploring and touring various businesses that are apart of the NELHA campus. To start, we went underground at the main NELHA building and learned how the deep ocean water comes from underneath the ground to cool the building. We discovered that although the method...

Today was my first day in Hawaii, and the place we're staying at is great. Our flight was pretty long, and we had a 3 hour layover, in which we ate. The weather is very humid in comparison to Dallas, but at least it's cooler. When we arrived at Homes for Kona, we found out that there were several...

Today we woke up to a delicious home cooked meal thanks to Mrs. Hanson. We first all piled into a van to listen to a talk at NELHA in which the primary focus was the development and utilization of OTEC. To summarize OTEC uses both warm surface ocean water and cold deep ocean water to produce clean energy. The...