Jason Kolba and I wanted to circumnavigate the North Island of Tuwanek now that he had gotten his double cylinder setup. One long carefully planned dive was very appealing, rather than doing two separate ones with a surface interval. Our planned dive time would be 90 minutes, with an average depth of 40 feet using 32%. We hit that exactly.
The dive was good, but the visibility wasn't as great as Tuwanek usually is. That was one of the big reasons to go! It was too bad, but it wasn't a show stopper.
At the beginning of the dive, we got a bit turned around moving around the East side of the North island, but got that sorted out. We found the wolf eel, but he looked to be alone. Jason commented later that he looked sad. Maybe because his mate died? Not sure. I got some obligatory video of the wolf eel. I swear that it is one of the most videoed and photographed critters around. How he puts up with all the divers poking their nose into his lair with their lights and cameras I don't know.
At the end of the dive, we did some valve drills and S-drills. They went pretty well. We videoed each other so that we could see how we did.
A fun trip!
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