Camera Phone

Believe it or not Captain Deron took this shot with his waterproof cellphone! nice.

Whale Shark!

Captain Deron saw a pod of Humpbacks about three miles offshore, after that encounter this guy showed up. We're gonna estimate about a 30ft Whaleshark! It hung out with the boats over an hour and wasn't shy, bumping the boats around with it's nose! Not a common site, some divers can go their whole life and not see one. This was a special day for all of us.

Mahalo to Francine for sending in these great pictures.

Another Kayak Issue!

So another kayaker was hurt down at the bay. She slipped on the rocks, hurt her wrist and apparently the couple couldn't paddle back? HFD sent the helicopter$$$$$$ down for the rescue. Seaquest ended up transporting her across the bay to the ambulance. DO NOT DRAG YOUR KAYAK OVER THE REEF. STAY OFF THE CORAL AND ROCKS!

Chanting

If you are lucky enough to have Sunny as your crew, you may get to hear him chant. This is a traditional Hawaiian chant asking permission for us to enjoy the water and have a safe day on the ocean.

A Whale Story

...The Whale... If you read a recent front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.
A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.

When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around as she was thanking them.
Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same

Whale Season 2010

The first Humpback whale arrived in Kealakekua Bay on the 10th. It can take between four to eight weeks to make the 3500 mile trip down from Alaska. They all don't show up at once or leave at the same time either. We won't start our whale watches for a while now until the whales can give us a good show.

Capt'n Tony

Capt'n Tony is back on the water again! We're proud to have one of the most experienced captains on the Kona Coast working with us here at Seaquest. A lot of people don't know Tony actually came to Kona with Captain Cook...

(yes the water is really that blue!)