Pictures from our
September 2004 Kona, Hawaii, trip |
In September, we traveled to the Big Island of Hawaii to dive and visit Mary's sister and brother-in-law.
We dove most of the time with Dive Makai. They were great,
a mother and daughter team that knows how to make diving fun for experienced divers.
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| All pictures were taken by Mary and John Munch. |
| They took us snorkeling in blue water with pilot whales! |
| The single oceanic white tip shark accompanied the herd to clean up the table scraps. |
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| Pilot Whales |
Shark |
| Hawaii is about colorful fish, and we certainly saw plenty. |
| The pipefish really thought he was something else. |
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| PokaDot |
Camoflage |
Coon |
Coralfish |
Curious |
Dragon |
| We saw red and white leaf fish, but only the white one posed for a photo. |
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| White Leaf Fish |
| What lives on the wire coral?? |
| Fish and crab make their homes there. |
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| Wire Coral Fish |
Wire Shrimp |
| One day an eagle ray stayed with us most of a dive. |
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| Eagle Ray |
Eagle Ray |
Eagle Ray |
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| Hawks Bill Turtle |
| Nudibranchs were not as abundant as other places we have been, |
| but they were there. Pink eggs even. |
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| Common Neudibranch |
Neudibranch eggs |
Yellow Neudibranch |
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| Manacure |
| One dive had quite an area of garden eels. |
| Most had moreys. Mary got up close with one. |
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| Garden Eels |
Morey Eel |
Mary with Morey |
| And yet more interesting invertabrate life |
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| Crab |
Cucumber |
Octocoral |
Christmas Tree Worm |