Garden Isle Divers

Pulled some net off the reef at one of my favorite dive spots about six weeks ago. We went back yesterday and found that many of the corals that were being smothered by this 87 pounds you see here were recovering. #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #kauaiunderwater #kauaiunderwaterphotographer #scuba #scubadiving #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #sealife #sealifecamera #DC2000 #sealifecameras #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #gardenisland #gardenisleunderwater #padi #paditv #divekauai #scubakauai #coral

Cruising across the reef, in an area I’ve been many time, and look what I find #sunrise #sunriseshell #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #scuba #scubadiving #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #sealife #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #divekauai #scubakauai

A couple excellent dives today with fellow nudibranch lovers. This one’s for you @thekenzinator. White Margin nudibranch. #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #kauaiunderwater #kauaiunderwaterphotographer #scuba #scubadiving #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #gardenisleunderwater #divekauai #scubakauai #nudibranch #nudibranchs

Found a genuine treasure yesterday! Clear Chinese cowrie (Cypraea chinensis). #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #kauaiunderwater #scuba #scubadiving #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #sealife #sealifecamera #DC2000 #sealifecameras #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #gardenisland #gardenisleunderwater #divekauai #scubakauai #cowrie #rarecowries #rarecowrie #shell #seashell #rareseashell

Red Spot nudibranch. Not normally very common but I’ve seen several in the past few weeks. #nudibranch #nudibranchs #nudibranchia #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #kauaiunderwater #scuba #scubadiving #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #sealife #sealifecameras #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #gardenisland #gardenisleunderwater #padi #divekauai #scubakauai

That is 97 pounds of fishing line and lead that we removed from the corals at one of our favorite sites. That’s the upside of the shutdown - we have time to go do this. #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #kauaiunderwater #kauaiunderwaterphotographer #scuba #scubadiving #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #sealife #sealifecamera #reefrestoration #sealifecameras #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #gardenisland #gardenisleunderwater #padi #savetheplanet #divekauai #scubakauai

Dendrodoris carbunculosa. Found this guy today while having some fun. #nudi #nudibranch #seaslug #seaslugsofhawaii #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #kauaiunderwater #kauaiunderwaterphotographer #scuba #scubadiving #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #sealife #sealifecamera #DC2000 #sealifecameras #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #gardenisleunderwater #padi #divekauai #scubakauai

Leptastrea purpurea is considered rare. That doesn’t apply to Kauai. While there’s not exactly a lot of it, it can be found at most of our dive sites. #coral #rarecoral #rarecorals #kauaidiving #kauaidive #hawaii #hawaiiconservation #hawaiicoral #gardenisle #gardenisledivers

Leather coral is considered rare but there are small colonies scattered all over the south side of Kauai. #coral #hawaiiancoral #hawaiiancoralreef #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #kauaiunderwater #kauaiunderwaterphotographer #scuba #scubadiving #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #sealife #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #gardenisland #gardenisleunderwater #divekauai #scubakauai

Posing like a supermodel #monkseal #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #kauaiunderwater #kauaiunderwaterphotographer #scuba #scubadiving #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #sealife #sealifecamera #DC2000 #sealifecameras #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #gardenisland #gardenisleunderwater #padi #paditv #divekauai #scubakauai

Today was our seventh cleanup effort in the past couple weeks. Six of us brought back 69 pounds of fishing line and lead. #coral #reef #reefcleanup #saveourseas #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #kauaiunderwater #kauaiunderwaterphotographer #scuba #scubadiving #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #sealife #sealifecamera #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #gardenisleunderwater #padi #paditv #divekauai #scubakauai

I’m a huge fan of eels and Dwarf Morays are right at the top of the list. #morayeel #moray #eel #kauai #hawaii #kauaiphotographer #kauaiunderwater #kauaiunderwaterphotographer #scuba #scubaphoto #scubaphotography #dive #divephoto #divelife #sealife #hawaiilife #gardenisle #gardenisledivers #gardenisland #gardenisleunderwater #divekauai #scubakauai