when you go diving, you just never know what you will see. sharks, whales, dolphins, and submarines? yesterday hayato and i got chased down by a military boat speeding towards us with sirens on and flashing blue lights. i was thinking “OMG, what did i do wrong now?” the told us to back off, meaning, get out of the way. then i look outside and see a huge military submarine coming for us. we watched it cruise on past us and it was pretty cool.
15 years ago, a friend and i were diving in a channel that we weren’t supposed to be. as i was laying 40′ down trying to spear a fish, i seen a huge shadow coming from the outside. i thought it was a whale. then i looked again and seen a submarine the same size as the one we seen yesterday. 5 minutes later, the military police on speedboats with machine guns drawn at us came up to us and said “what the f@#k are you guys doing!!!!” i thought we were going to get shot. and now that i look back at that, we should have gotten shot. that was stupid. could you imagine how the driver of the submarine felt when he seen me lying on the bottom of the ocean in a full wetsuit, cap, gloves, and speargun pointed? i’m glad he didn’t send a torpedo at me.

I miss Palau. This is the jellyfish lake. Super cool!
Good morning 6:30am.
North: Big! 8-10′. Volcom Pipe Contest probably ON!
West: Tracks 3′ and probably really good.
South: Waist high at Ala Moana, chest high at Diamond Head. Clean at Ala Moana, windy at Diamond Head.
Wind: Strong North/East winds at 25mph becoming East later.
Weather: Partly cloudy morning becoming sunny.
Plan: Surf!
Have a wonderful day!

woke up and checked the waves. junk! check the diving conditions. GOOD! hayato is leaving soon and i know he wants to dive, and i call my nephews. the contest was on hold so they were on diving standby. if the contest was on, the surf. if not, they dive. so i was checking my phone every 30 minutes. no call so it was just hayato and i. launch, speed down to my free ice box dive spots. pretty much full of fish. hayato takes the first drop, and lands the first fish. from there on, we were just catching fish after fish. i ended up doing 70 dives!!! so tired!

we dive so far out in the ocean. no way you can swim out so a boat is required. my boat has been working like a champion and i’m in love with it. at this dive, it was about 30′ with lots of fish. one drop, one fish!

hayato’s gun seems to be working good.

2 guys filling up the cooler. we came home, hayato cut a fish, we ate sashimi, and i’m going to sleep really good tonight.
the contest is on and YES!!! my nephew joshua moniz won his heat! other advancing were masatoshi ohno, yujiro tsuji. photos coming soon!