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A Great Day of Diving

This morning started out quite dreary and windy. On the drive to Port Allen I was wondering if we would even be able to go out. The day before was very windy, occasional heavy rains, high surf, and strong ocean currents. We checked around and decided to take out the scheduled two divers from Ontario, Aileen and Brenda. And what a day it was. We all had huge smiles attesting to the wonders of the day. As we headed out to Hale O' Honu East, we did encounter a pod of four whales. They put on a magnificent show breaching their way past us. That alone would have made the day quite exceptional but unbeknown to us, we had more wonders in store for us. As I moored the boat up I could see two huge green sea turtles just hanging out at the cleaning station 40 feet down. Visibility was on our side. Luckily they were still there as my divers descended down the line. We swam around and saw numerous Lionfish, Yellowmargin eels, and white mouth eels. Those were the standout creatures i...