2018

Yesterday, we started the day off with the Ocean Conservation Tour. This was at the National Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA). We learned about a lot of interesting techniques that they are developing to meet our energy needs. One of these developments that I found most interesting, was Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, or OTEC. OTEC works by using the...

Starting off the day we woke up to some breakfast and got ready to pack up for the day's adventure. For the second day, we headed out to the National Energy Laboratory of Hawai‘i Authority (NELHA) to learn about renewable energy and how far we have come in that department. To start the day we got a briefing and...

Day 3, the most action packed and exciting day on the trip so far. The day began bright and early with a two tank dive. This was personally my first dive in the open ocean and it brought new surprises. The ability to see around 100 feet under water was something I have never experienced. During the dives, I...

Wednesday 25, 2018 Our day began bright and early at 6am. We quickly ate breakfast and headed out to our dive sites. Today was the day to test our knowledge and recognition of different Hawaiian Marine Life. As soon as we familiarized ourselves with our gear and prepared, we jumped in and began exploring the depths of the Hawaiian shore....

On the third way of adventuring through the depths of Hawaii, we took a full team trip to the harbor to take our first dive of the trip. We arrived on the boat to the location of the first of the two dives we did in the day. Split into four different groups, I was in the third with...

Yesterday we traversed 14,000 feet high to the top of Mauna Kea. We didn't hike the volcano like the original settlers, however I still felt the effects of the high altitude on my body. We started our journey in Kona where the van picked us up. Jeff, our driver and teacher, educated us about the origins of the islands...

Today we woke up at 6:30 am to dive in Hawaii! Both dives lasted for around 40 minutes each. My first dive was super cool. I saw a lot of the fish we studied in class. I saw plenty on yellow tangs and I even saw a convict tang. On my second dive we saw two eels and an...

This morning we woke up at the crack of dawn to have a fulfilling breakfast and make our way to the harbor for our first dive of the trip: a two tank morning dive. Once we reached the harbor we were given a briefing on the diving trip and set off on the boat to reach our diving destination....

Today was our second day in Hawaii, and it was great! We began our day by going to NELHA, a non-profit organization founded by Dr. Craven in 1974. NELHA helps with business research support, growth, and economic development. They have created a renewable energy plant called OTEC (ocean thermal energy conservation), which helps produce a lot of energy they...