Hawaii PICS (Lots)

**scubadude** · 02-18-2002, 01:40 PM

I had a VERY nice trip there! thought you guys would enjoy some eye candy...I have TONS more pics...I tried to pik out some of the nicest ones of each category.

Here goes some DIVE pics

This eagle ray had to have a 6' plus span, I was lucky enough that it swam very close to me

Most all colors of these pics are drab, cuz I didnt have a slave light on my Nikon995...but as you can see here a Hawaiin cleaner wrasse which is indegenious to the islands has striking color.

Backwall of molokini crater, which was some of the best diving I did!

This is another of the backwall of molokini, I was exactly 91' deep here in this pic and as you can see the pic is crystal clear all the way to the top...Awesome VIZ there!

Parrot and a Trigger

every time I was in a boat either fishin, divin, snorkellin, or whatever I would see whales all over....I was prayin for an underwater encounter w/one but never got so lucky

Heres some pics of the Waikiki aquarium in Honululu

Here I am on the right....Lets see if anyone knows who the other 2 famous ppl are that I had the privilige to meet.

**scubadude** · 02-18-2002, 01:42 PM

Heres some pics of the Road to Hana...Awesome scenery!

I have TONS more pics....I will be trying to make a website that documents my whole trip...let me know if you guys what more pics of any certain subjects

Rocky

**Ninong** · 02-18-2002, 01:59 PM

Nice pics! Looks like Charles Delbeek and Bruce Carlson.

Ninong

**FishKid** · 02-18-2002, 02:03 PM

gee looks like you had your years dose of fun! the most fun im gonna have this year is a trip to disney world yippee

that place gets real boring real fast (sea world never gets old though ;) )

**Sker** · 02-18-2002, 02:19 PM

Very nice Rocky! I am jelous! I am hoping to get to Hawaii this year or next with all my flyer miles I have been saving. Did you get to any of the other islands?;;

**scubadude** · 02-18-2002, 02:33 PM

Ninong,

Yup thats them.

it was so funny cuz I was taking pics of the main acro tank and watching Bruce Carlson clean the tank (didnt know it was him at the time) and after talking to him for over an hour he tells me his name and my jaw dropped...then he introduced me to charles....It was definately an honor! These guys are down to earth and very nice to everyone, and went out of their way to spend time with me! If my plane didnt leave that morning then Bruce and Charles where gonna give me a behind the scenes tour!

Fishkid

You should try and get to ORA farms its only an hour or two away from Orlando....You would love that place!

Sker,

I spent 8 days on Maui, 1 day on Oahu (honululu), I was gonna do some diving on lanai (weather didnt allow), I do have some aerial pics of Molokai. If I go back then I will more than likely spend time on Kaua, or the Big Island aka Hawaii, or Maui (again)....FWIW I wont ever waste my money on Oahu again...way to congested for my likings...atleast honululu is.

**FishKid** · 02-18-2002, 02:37 PM

didnt even think of that! maybe that will make me worry less about leaving my tank with the neighbor (even though she did an A1 job last summer)

mark

**Ltspd** · 02-18-2002, 03:11 PM

Originally posted by Ninong
Nice pics! Looks like Charles Delbeek and Bruce Carlson.

Ninong

I was going to say Dr Seuss and Barney without costume

Great pixs Rocky!

**wastedincome420** · 02-18-2002, 03:41 PM

Hey Rocky,
Glad to hear the trip went well

Did you get any pics of Tangs??

**Barry N.** · 02-18-2002, 05:45 PM

Isn't that a great drive to Hana!

Barry

**FISHme** · 02-18-2002, 08:52 PM

Thanks for the tour Scuba. You must be retired right ? Pickin up Southdown one week , off to Hawaii the next . What a tough life

**SomeHairyOldGuy** · 02-18-2002, 09:04 PM

Looks like a beautifull place to visit. Can't wait until then! Did you see any Flame Angels? Glad you had such a great time!
SHOG

**organicreefer** · 02-18-2002, 09:30 PM

wow nice pics!
ill second wasteds request ,did you perchance photo a tang ?any tang at all????

man ,the way that cleaner's color stands out i can just imagine how bright he must have been in person ,simply awesome

id love to try one ,but im skeptical on how well it would do.
anyway good to have youre presence back on the board

**scubadude** · 02-19-2002, 06:09 AM

Originally posted by FISHme
Thanks for the tour Scuba. You must be retired right ? Pickin up Southdown one week , off to Hawaii the next . What a tough life

LMAO....No Im not retired...I will have to start bustin my chops soon.

Barry,
Yes the road to hana is AWESOME...just better bring a sandwich cuz its long and not too many places to eat!

Heres a few more pics...Lots of yellow tangs, lemme see if I can scrounge up some tang pics...I dont think I saw any Flame angels SHOG...But there are quite a few fish that are indegenious (only in hawaii waters) to the area. Like the banded angel (black and white).

Macro of pocilopora

some racoon butterflys

an arc eye hawk fish, these guys are all over the reefs!

Moorish idol

This is about the best I can do with tang pics guys...sorry but them boogers are just so fast!

**Penguin** · 02-19-2002, 12:04 PM

Wow, awesome pics Scuba! Looks like you had a great time. I agree completely about Honolulu/Waikiki. If/when I go back to Hawaii, I'm going to skip Honolulu. Too urban, I preferred the more rustic locales.

**golfish** · 02-19-2002, 06:15 PM

Very nice Dude. Your a better man then I. I hate the ocean, I won't even go out in a boat. I think Jaws messed it all up for me

Even when I'm out float tubing in a lake (flyfishing) I sometimes freak out if I see the bottom. I remember tubing a lake in the high Sierras and bumping into a chunk of ice. Needless to say, I had to go in a change my shorts:eek3:

**Ltspd** · 02-19-2002, 06:33 PM

Originally posted by golfish
Very nice Dude. Your a better man then I. I hate the ocean, I won't even go out in a boat. I think Jaws messed it all up for me

I agree ;)

**Ltspd** · 02-19-2002, 06:34 PM

Hey Scuba, the books great! Already drug Anthony into a post on RC.

http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin...5&pagenumber=1

**scubadude** · 02-19-2002, 07:22 PM

Pengiun,
Thanx

Honululu seemed more like New York to me....I got approached by hookers, drug dealers, and other colourful ppl there.

Mark you wuss! :P

Its not as bad if you have awesome visibility, you wont feel near as clausterphobic (sp?) What always seems to get ppl is if they start diving in waters that have low viz...My wife is certified but she has sworn that she wont dive anymore (she learned in less than 10' vis) but after her snorkelling experiences in hawaii she is rethinking getting back into diving...damn its about time!

Originally posted by Ltspd
Hey Scuba, the books great! Already drug Anthony into a post on RC.

http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin...5&pagenumber=1

Leave it to you to get me into another project even though I have my hands full....I just got done reading that thread (for the first time), It looks as if I will be reading it just as much as the HQI thread! Anthony and Eric in on it! So im curious now about culturing zooplankton as well as phytos...or do you need to if you are feeding enough phytos?...I didnt quite catch it in the thread if it was in there. I knew I was gonna start culturing but you just gave me a jumpstart! :P

**Ironreef** · 02-19-2002, 07:30 PM

I survived Hana but the black sand beach was closed. The whales are cool when I ws there it only came withing @50feet. Thats pretty close

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