This time of year, when the surf starts to get smaller on the North Shore of O‘ahu and Kaua‘i, we get a deep-water visitor. It…
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Most divers never see this huge, 15-inch-long marine snail except in the roadside shell stands. Hawai‘i has the largest helmet shells in the world, and…
This beautiful, blue-gray, four-foot-long eel is actually very common in shallow water here in Hawai‘i, but they are rarely ever seen by divers. Within the…
This beautiful, foot-long goat-fish has many different colors, and changes color depending on whether it is in a cave or out in the direct sunlight.…
Going out on a night snorkel is like visiting a whole new planet! It is safe to do a night snorkel in shallow, calm water…
We have bright blue and purple corals that live in very shallow water here in Hawai‘i and also occur on other Pacific Islands from Palau…
When you are diving and see this slow-moving 15-inch-long fish, look but don’t touch! The puffer-fish has a very-deadly neurotoxin in its skin that is…
The two inch long Harlequin Shrimp is the most uncommon Hawaiian shrimp and by far the most bizarre! They are found in dark underwater caves…
Meet hinalea ‘akilolo, the Hawaiian yellow-tail coris that looks like the famous anemone fish Nemo. Often when I am out diving and shooting underwater movies…
This two-inch-long sea slug has some amazing colors, and was almost extinct a few years ago. In the 1970s divers would find these slow-moving creatures…