Last day of diving in Kona today, boo. Tomorrow evening we fly back to cold and wintry Chicago, which is currently being assaulted by a fierce winter storm.
The winds from earlier in the week had died down, and the waves were gentle and undulating. Gorgeous day to dive! We went to two new dive sites today: Aquarium and Crescent 3.
Highlights of the dives: a bandit angelfish which is endemic to Hawaiian waters, a couple of yellow margin eels, a dragon moray that was hiding in the recesses of a coral, and three gorgeous eagle rays hanging out at a sandy bottom at 80 feet. Also saw an octopus that inked, and a couple of green turtles. 
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January 21st, 2012 at 14:20
[...] Another morning of amazing dives. Although the reef in Hawaii is not as colorful as in the Great Barrier Reef and elsewhere, approximately 25% of the marine life is endemic (i.e. can only be found here). John P. Hoover’s excellent guide to Hawaii’s fishes was most educational in explaining how this came to be (see bottom quote). We spotted the Bandit Angelfish, one of the species endemic to Hawaii. Bandit Angelfish [...]