it was a beautiful day as we were heading down to Barbers Point for a dive. super clean water and as good as a diving day could get. then we seen something big splashing in the water so we all jumped in to see what it was.
a huge school of bait fish and then the biggest freaking Manta Ray i’ve ever seen in my life swam right up to us. i watch The Discovery Channel all the time but never seen a Manta the size of this one.
it kept on swimming around us enjoying the beautiful world. sometimes even looking at me right in the eye.
the wing span was wider than Mayuki. yeah, i was speechless watching this amazing creature swim right by us. it was huge!
we went back to business, which was diving. my new diving technique is working pretty good. i drop to the bottom, close my eyes for 30 seconds, then when i open it slowly, there are fish all over the place. i choose my dinner and take the shot right in the head. pretty easy.
the new Ama-san named Maki-san.
Maki-san caught her first ever red fish! she was so stoked! now she’ll be bringing home the Kumu’s too. congratulations girl!
both these Kumu’s will be steamed with ginger and green onion. then will be enjoyed at a wonderful dinner with special people. can’t beat that!
i will never forget this day. it makes me love nature even more. i’ve seen a lot of things, but i want so see more and more. it’s a beautiful world out there!
