SPRING '08 CERTIFICATION CLASS

Certification class members with the Deep Ecology Dive Crew.

Tyler in the red shorts and Ricardo in blue shorts!

Setting up the gear...

Swimming time...got to be able to swim!!

Hilights of past club dives:

Instructor, and previous Dive Club President Jess Sarsfield guides us on a drift dive at a

South Oahu wall and boulder field near Hanauma Bay.

Cool tropical fish abound everywhere.

An hundred Pennant Butterflyfish march to the same beat.

Curt is lovin' the sweet solitude!

Boat dive to Makaha Caverns: turtle (honu) comes over to say hi.

Rare and treasured glimps of White Tip reef shark at Makaha.

Makaha Caverns- we're goin' in!

Elder Rex Madsen joined us to explore the Mahi Shipwreck.
Betcha didn't know missionaries could do that!

Elder Madsen poses for a shaka moment.

Spotted Eagle Rays fly in formation nearly 90 feet deep, next to the Mahi.

Solitary ray glides over the Mahi.

Another Eagle soars over former V.P. Chris Wyatt, with Mahi wreck in background.

BluefinTrevally (Papio) cruizing Shark's Cove reefs for tako (octopus) dinner.

Potter's Angelfish trying to hide between rocks at Shark's Cove.

BlacksideHawkfish (HiluPili-ko'a) perched on a rock at Shark's Cove.

Choke (plenty) fish schooling near the metal structure wall at Electric Beach dive site.

An elusive pod of dolphins seen briefly at Electric Beach :)
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Hyun Soo Park in BYUH pool for certification skills- seems to be very much enjoying it.

A happy 2007 certification class group pic. at Magic Island by Ala Moana.