2018

In the morning, we volunteered at Opae 'ula with the Hawaii State Parks to help clean up the Anchialine Pool On a beach right by the airport. First we did a short beach cleanup. Our main goal was to pick up the plastic that had washed up on the beach. Plastic doesn't decompose completely and is super harmful to...

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 we went to NELHA and learned about the energy efficient buildings and innovative fish farms. After this we went on the black water dive which was one of the coolest experiences of my life. At NELHA there are a series of energy efficient building that have a special cooling technology to produce fresh water and cool a building...

This morning we got to sleep in and then tour some different fish farms by NELHA. We learned how efficient and important fish farms are to the world. We learned that a lot of people in the world rely on some type of seafood as their only food to eat. With a growing population that will increase by around...

What am I most excited for? Getting here and seeing the beauty was absolutely breathtaking, it's almost impossible to take it all in its so gorgeous. So what I'm most excited for is the first black water dive, I can't wait to experience that. To me this entire island is a dream. From the moment we stepped off the plane...

{Blog for Thursday, July 25th, so it will be in the present tense} Today we woke up early again and traveled out to Captain Zodiac, a company that takes people out on boat rides on zodiac boats (the boats navy seals use). On the boat ride, we saw some rare short-finned pilot whales, which was described as finding a "needle in...

Today was our fifth day in Hawaii, and we got to go to several places. We began our day by sleeping in, waking up at around 8, and leaving the house at 9:15. We first went to NELHA, and the guide took us under the building to check out their cooling system, completely dependent on sea water. The building...

We started off today by going back to NELHA to tour a couple of aquacultures. First we went to a kampachi farm and then an abalone farm. After NELHA the black water divers went back to the Homes Over Kona to eat and rest until it was time for the dive. At nightfall we took a boat out to...

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...