Dive Bum Okinawa-Dive Log 2008

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Dive Bum Okinawa

Dive Log 2008

Hey Dive Bums,

Sorry for not keeping the dive log up to date. I have been trying to finish up Divemaster before I PCS. Here are some photos from the last few weeks. (March – April)

Semper Dive,

Brian

Kerama Islands 15 March '08

I can’t think of a better way to get re-acquainted with Okinawa than a dive trip to the Keramas! I would like to thank John C-N for setting up the Dive and Bruce (Capt of the C-Falcon) for making my first dive back in Okinawa a great one.

Our first dive was off of Tokashiki. We anchored in about 60 fsw. The water was a cool 70 f and the vis was about 40+ feet. Here we saw tons of bright reef fish a few moray eels and a few lucky divers got to see a turtle. Just off the starboard side of the boat about 50 meters away and in 70+ fsw there were the remains of an old sunken Japanese boat and its anchor.

During our surface interval / transit to our second dive site we saw at least half a dozen whales blowing and surfacing. Once at Mae- shima we anchored in about 30 fsw just off of a real nice reef with lots of crevasses and overhangs. Just as we entered the water and right below us we saw a 5 ft white tip shark resting in a small cave. I managed to get a few pictures but the shark was swimming around and stirring up a bit of silt. But the highlight of the dive came right at the end of our dive when John and I were getting ready for our safety stop, John noticed a small (two foot long) white tip shark under a balmy right by the anchor line. This little guy was fearless and did not want to move from his little hiding spot. He just swam around in circles as John and I snapped photos of him.

Click on the whale for a short video