2018

Today was slightly different from yesterday, there was more water involved. Like most days I received an amazing breakfast after waking. Though this time I left the house early and immediately headed to the scuba diving location. Once arriving I was put into a group with my friends and then my group and I were fitted. When we were...

As I anxiously await the start of the trip, I wonder about all the great memories I am about to experience. I am looking forward to completing my first dives, exploring a new place with my classmates, and meeting new people from different cultures. I am probably looking most forward to diving. I also am interested in really getting...

After around 9 hours of flying, our weary band of students and teachers arrived in Kona, Hawaii. We spent the rest of the day unpacking our scuba gear. Shortly after dinner, we reviewed our weekly schedule, which will entail various dives and educational tours. I am most excited for the hike to the Mauna Kea Summit with the Pyrosome...

I'm most excited for our nighttime dive with the manta rays. I've never gone scuba diving outside of the learning course, and I'm ready to dive in Hawaii. I've seen a video of the nighttime dive before, and I'm super stoked to experience it. (Manta Ray)

As day four began, I knew it was going to be one of the longest and most tiring days yet. We started the day with the Captain Zodiac tour group and set out for a snorkel and to learn about the island history. We learned about the lava tubes and how they contained different minerals. The most well known...

After two long days of diving, day six started off a little slower. We started day with a service project, a beach cleanup. Plastics and other marine debris can be extremely harmful to aquatic plants. Plastics take much longer to break down than most other materials. Often when a plastics are thrown away, they end up in the ocean...

After around nine long hours of sitting on a cramped plane, I was excited to finally get started on my Hawaiian adventures with the boys. We started off the day with a hot breakfast of french toast and a wide variety of delicious berries. Once everyone finally woke up and adjusted to the time change, both groups set off...

On our fifth day I was one of the many who was not allowed to go on the black water dive due to a negative that could affect the safety of me or my fellow divers. To substitute for the black water dive we went to multiple places. The first stop was NELHA. At NELHA we were taken underneath...

Two weeks have past since Marine Biology 2 began, and now we are around less than a month out from our expedition to the Hawaiian Islands. This new territory will be home to new variety of marine life, including Manta Rays and Tiger Sharks. Personally, I am most exited to see a Tiger Shark, but our hike up the...