good morning. 7:15am sunday morning. gosh, it’s the first time in what it seems years that i woke up and it’s lighted outside. it’s still early but i feel like i’m wasting this beautiful day. waves on the north shore still hanging around. 2-3′ perfect waves on the north shore with 20 guys out at pipe. looks so fun… town has some waist high waves with a bunch of surfers out at ala moana park. 4 guys out at rockpiles and 10 guys out at bowls. it’s another perfect day for surfing or diving in hawaii with this perfect weather we’ve been having. my mind is saying “surf/dive, surf/dive” but my body is saying “go easy brother”…. ok brother, i’m going easy today. there’s always tomorrow… by the way, south swell expected tomorrow and north/west swell on saturday. gosh, i need a vacation. haha… anyway, have a nice and safe day. go out today and spread some aloha…..
yesterday’s conditions were epic for surfing and diving. been surfed out so thought i’d take a break to go blue water hunting… went out to the deep blue with kyle and james and had an awesome experience. we were looking for the big “ono” or “sawara”. i took my 100cm gun, which is really small for blue water hunting. but that’s the gun i want to shoot a big fish with. it’s a lot more challenging because you got to bring the fish in. so there it was, after chumming the water with a dead stink saba, this big ono came out of the deep to eat the bait. i dove down, waited patiently, and when he came in, i took the shot right behind his head. yeah, got him. he took off and stretched my tag line and took my float. then as fast as i had him, i lost him. he ripped off my spear and that was the end of that. so i was bummed out but it was still early so i knew there would be more. next dive we’re waiting in 120′ depth crystal clear water. still chumming our saba waiting patiently. then here they come. 3 of them. i seen kyle go down for a shot so i was watching from the top. kyle took the shot and just missed a 35lbs plus ono. as he was reloading his spear, i seen the ono come back. so i dove down, waited till he came in, and took the perfect shot behind his head again. he went screaming down and took all my line off my real. i called james and he came with the boat and threw me my other back up gun. i could see the ono pulling my gun and tag line about 120′ down. i tried to go down but no way. as i was coming up for air, i seen my float yank 8′ underwater. then snap, it was gone. ummm…. james told me that a shark took my fish and when i think about it, he’s right. i got one of those lifeguard floats and there was no way that fish was going to take it down like that. so i shot two fish but lost both. bummed? not really… then we went back again. another big one comes out of the deep blue and kyle drops down and spears it perfectly. yeah!! i’m thinking “sashimi”… then as he took kyle’s tagline, snap. gone… 3 fish speared and 3 fish lost. it’s just one of those days…. i might not have sashimi tonight but i have some pretty awesome memories…. can’t wait till next time…. wanted to thank kyle for taking me on his boat, and james for being an awesome boat man…. thanks guys… we’ll get um next time….
**by the way, a couple of guys sent me emails asking where i dive. my answer is, depends on what kind of fish you want. diving is like surfing, you want to surf a little point break, you go here. and if you want to surf a big ass double up barrel, you go there. different kinds of fish hang out at different places. but the big difference is, going surfing, you can see the waves from the beach, but for diving, you can’t see the fish underwater unless you go underwater. divers like my friends and i have been scouting grounds for years and have our spots down. even if i told you where we go, you wouldn’t be able to find it. one example is that i couldn’t even find my olympus camera at this little area in waikiki. this ocean is just way too big…. so my advice to divers is, go out and scout. and when you do find good grounds, you’ll remember….
when we pulled back into haleiwa harbor around 6pm, the sun was just setting. gosh, it was so dam beautiful. just another picture perfect day in hawaii….
**and last, check this wave pool out in japan. the craziest thing i’ve ever seen…. how the heck do you swim? i can’t wait to go there….
