good evening. yes, yes, yes… i feel great. i came back from my long year of trips feeling so out of shape and unhealthy. traveling shocks your body by eating at all different times, all different kinds of food, and all the beers and late night ramen stops. this year was no exception and after hurting my shoulder in august, and my 2 surgeries, i felt helpless. all i could do was to eat to forget about the pain. so when i got back to hawaii about 2 weeks ago, i jumped on the scale and almost had a heart attack. i gained 10 lbs. of fat. and i felt so unhealthy and out of shape. so i’ve been working out, surfing, diving, running, yoga, and other things to get back into shape before the north shore season. right now, i feel great. i free dove all day and my body and mind are almost back to where it use to be. by new years day, i’ll be 100%. can’t wait…..

i haven’t seen a tako for a long time. today, kyle caught a big one!! great for tako poke!!!

i called ryo last night and asked if he wanted to come. “of course” was his answer and he dove with us all day, until blood started coming out of his nose…
today’s dive log: left home at 7:30 am. got to hawaii kai before 8. put my boat in the water, tried to start it up, and what a shocker!! dead battery!!! oh my gosh!! so i ended up taking the battery out of my car and used it today. first dive: check a ulua hole. no big fish, only turtles and a shark. next, check a mempachi hole. caught 12 or so and headed out to deep blue sea. third dive, 75′ deep water. i couldn’t believe i hit the bottom so easy. the last time i was out there, i had a hard time going all the way down. today, it was so easy. i guess my mental part of me is getting strong. speared a bunch of fish. 4th dive in the inside reef. dirty water but got a kumu. 5th dive out to a ledge where kyle got his tako. 6th dive, back to the ulua hole. seen the biggest turtle i’ve ever seen in my life in the hole. i wanted to jump on his back and ride him out but he looked too relaxed so i didn’t. came back in at 3:30 pm to wash boat. we speared a lot of fish today, loaded up the cooler with a variety of good eating fish, including mempachi, kumu, ala ii, opelu kala, roy, koke, and tako. besides the dead battery, my boat is running good. great dive day!!!


meet my sister tammy moniz and my brother-in-law tony moniz. they’ve been running a surf school down at the marriott hotel for the past 10 years. tammy and tony are licensed and qualified to teach surfing. there are many surf schools down at waikiki that don’t have qualified instructors. so don’t take the chance, go to faith surf school. tony taught me how to surf big waves, and tammy taught me how to be nice. that’s why i surf, and that’s why i’m nice. haha…
**CLICK HERE FOR FAITH SURF SCHOOL….

Dive Today.
Tako Today.
Fish Today.
Tired Today.
Good Day Today!!!

good morning. 6:30 am on this cold north wind aloha friday. [:???:][:???:] gosh, i think it’s the first time this year we had strong north winds? i’m freezing… well, the waves on the north shore i how big? i don’t know. it’s so onshore and stormy that i can’t tell the size. town is waist high and straight off shore!! i feel sorry for surfers today because it’s a terrible day for surfing. but for divers, if you know where to go, you can score. so this is how i feel. i’m bummed because the waves are shitty, but at the same time, stoked because it’s a great day for diving!!! see you under the water….

THE ART MUSIC CHRISTMAS SALE is happening tonight, friday december 18th. artwork and jewelry for sale by jeannie chesser and diane mosier….

there is a airplane wreck sitting in 110′ deep water off hawaii kai. it’s called the Corsair Airplane that crashed in 1946. i’ve heard a lot about it but never actually been there. my friend just gave me the coordinates so i just inputed into my GPS. my mission is to go there and free dive it TODAY. i heard there are some big tiger sharks out there but that ain’t stopping me. i’m taking my speargun, and my camera with me and hopefully i can catch some big fish and some cool images like this…

and last, i parked at the zoo yesterday. i put in a quarter like usual because i was going to be there for an hour. then i looked close and it only gave me 15 minutes? huh??? oh my gosh, they raised the metered parking 4 x more. that sucks….. now surfing queen’s is going to be a lot more expensive…..
**AND LAST, WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY HIGH SCHOOL BUDDIES DEREK AND CRAIG HOFFMANN WITH THEIR NEW MOVIE CALLED “FIBERGLASS AND MEGAPIXELS.’…..