Submariner

Tang at Two Step, Big Island, Hawaii

It is always exciting looking for the rare or large fish.  The thrill of crossing paths with a shark, swimming in tandem with a dolphin, or a close up of a hungry eel.  During these searches we pass over schools of yellow tangs, black triggers, raccoon butterflies and more, occasionally stopping to admire their beauty.

These schools are just as exciting and if there were fewer occurrences, they would be bigger headlines.  But the schools are common.  Just venture out a little and you will see them.  Sometimes they are feeding on the corals and algae below or just drifting out in the open, watching us watching them.

Gliding through the water as a submariner.

Thanks to Jeffrey Glenn Tveraas for the use of his music off the Lake Effect disc.  Perhaps you can catch him playing in and around Austin or visit The Austin Connection where he hosts pod casts from Cheshire Moon Studios in Austin, Texas.

A jewel box of fish and Bill at Two Step, Big Island, Hawaii 2013

Shark Tale

We have seen her before.  Visiting her cave is now part of the ritual.  Swim to the left over the first big canyon, through octopus flats and back into shark shallows.  Today, she was there sticking her tail out further than the last time we were together.  We snorkeled above her fighting the currents, trying to stay still for the epic camera shots.  The waves did not comply with the request.  Probably some sort of a Union thing.

 The cave at shark shallows.

How big is she?  How close can we get to her without upsetting her?  I would love for her to come out slowly and face the camera.  Just not in some sort of raging, flesh eating, bone crushing imitation of Jaws.  She never came out so we (you) are stuck with pictures and video of her tail.