BIG ISLAND’S NEW DIVE BOAT!

WOW! JACK’S DIVING LOCKER HAS A NEW ADDITION! The new baby has finally arrived! Welcome the Kea Nui with Aloha. My husband, Pete, sent these photos last night. Yesterday he was lucky to be one of the first to dive from this great new addition to Kona’s fleet of dive boats.

PETE REALLY LIKES THE [...]

BIG ISLAND DIVING – Here’s What We Missed!

A MALE WHITLEY’S BOXFISH is a rare sighting on the Kona side of the Big Island, so I can tell you I am really disappointed that I was not there to see this one. I want to send a special thank you to Bruce Malasky for showing us just what those unfortunates, like myself, who [...]

KONA FISH – Photos from Friends!

LAST WEEK WHILE I WORKED, my husband and dive friends spent the day diving some of my favorite Kona sites. He came home with a story about getting a free manicure from the Cleaner Shrimp near the Green buoy just outside Honokohau Harbor. Now we’ve been to that rock before and there’s always been [...]

BAD PHOTOGRAPHY? NO! Good Camouflage

CAN YOU FIND THE FISH in this photo? Look closely! Sometimes after the dive is over, I wonder what was right under my nose that I never saw. This came from another diver on a JDL (Jack’s Diving Locker) trip we made last month.
Joyce,
I was on the April 18th and April 14th [...]

DIVE DAY BLUES –

A BAD COLD has kept me out of the water for almost two weeks now. The Na Pali Kai left the dock at Honokohau Harbor this morning for a two tank trip without me. My friends who promised to find only rocks and rubble claim to have seen a Sand Bar [...]

Paradise Pinnacle – Pipefish

DIVE DAY AT LAST: Captain Roger gave permission to board the Jack’s Diving Locker boat, Na Pali Kai, around 9am Saturday morning for a two tank advanced dive. So much for an early start – but no worries, that is 8am Hawaiian time and today was for fun. Besides, on advanced trips [...]

Aloha from Joyce!

MAHALO for visiting my blog, part of the Aloha Living Blog Network. My husband and I love living in Kona, and I hope to be able to share with you both my professional and personal thoughts about buying, selling, and diving on the Big Island, Hawaii. In the days to come I plan to [...]