2018

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...

To begin the first full day our trip, our group set off to the Hawaii Ocean Science & Technology to explore various Hawaiian companies that our harness varying temperatures of ocean water to help expand their startup pursuits. First, we visited the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii to learn about how the authority uses both shallow and deep-water pipelines...

Beginning at 7:30 AM, we had breakfast. I had dry Honey Nut Cheerios. We went to the NELHA Visitor Center to learn about OTEC, a clean and natural way to produce energy. OTEC makes use of a 20 degree Celcius change in water temperature from the surface water to the deep sea water. The surface water, at 25*C, boils...

Today we woke up at 6:30 to bagels and cereal. After eating, we went to our houses to pack for the upcoming dive. I made sure to pack my snorkel, mask, and fins. We crammed into our two vans and went to the docks. When we got to the docks we lugged our things to the boat and...

Today we woke up bright and early to some Einstein Bros Bagels. We were then given a short amount of time to eat and pack up for our first dives. Quickly I packed up my fins, mask, booties, and my personal items into two separate bags and got back as fast I could to the vans. Loading up as...

We began the day with a 2 tank dive. I decided to snorkel instead of diving. As I explored the water, The coral, while not exploding color, appeared to be healthy. In fact, it seemed to be in a healthier state then the coral I saw in the British Virgin Islands. This helped me realize how effective the Hawaiian...

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...

Today we went on a 2 tank dive, we visited the Monk Seal center again, and listened to a presentation on black water dives. During the dive trip we dove in 2 different areas. In the first area, I saw an octopus, a white tip reef shark, a sea turtle, and dozens of species of fish. We swam through...

We started off today with a two tank dive. I saw many of the reef fish we talked about in class: raccoon fish, saddle wrasse, moorish idols, and parrot fish. I also saw three octopi and a green sea turtle. I identified the green turtle from the shell. We also a saw a frog fish on a rock and...