Aloha! Well Jackie and I thought we would get back in the water this morning so we made the short trip to Anini beach. The weather was great...overcast skies, temp in the low 80's, very little wind so the water was almost glassy. In other words the conditions looked ideal. Only problem was once we got out in the water we saw that the swell has gotten the water all stirred up and the visibility was very poor. We thought that if we got away from the edge of the reef it might improve but no such luck. We swam out as far as turtle rock before we gave it up for a lost cause and returned to shore. It was really kind of disappointing as all the other conditions were so perfect. It was still a nice morning though as we enjoyed a few cups of coffee and watched the waves breaking on the outer reef before we headed back home to wash the saltwater off. After our shower we enjoyed a late breakfast and talked story with Cory. The video I will post today is some that I shot on Tuesday. It has two new fish on it for you to enjoy. The first is a goldring surgeonfish. He was about 5 or 6 inches long and has these nice little gold rings around his eyes. I guess that might be where he got his name! The second fish is called a potters angelfish. I guess these guys are fairly common and scuba divers see them all the time. Our book says that snorkelers rarely encounter them as they like to hangout in water thats about 30 feet deep that has coral with a lot of small holes for them to hide themselves in. This guy was about 3 or 4 inches long with a lined red front half and a royal blue back half. He was very hard to capture on video as he would dart into the coral at the slightest provocation.
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