I have to say our first manta dive in maybe 100 years was a doozie!   We had beautiful weather and a calm trip to garden eel cove.  We managed to get there early enough to get a mooring of our very own (but we were more than willing to share - and did).  Really folks, it's CRAZY up there!  There were 9 boats, and what seemed like 200 divers and snorkelers (that is considered a light night).  OK, I'm doing this night dive thing again, but only until the water gets crummy this winter.  Then, all bets are off.  Needless to say, we had a fabulous afternoon dive with long fin anthias, a reef shark, garden eels, etc.  Kayla was joking about how she really, REALLY wanted to go home and tell her buddies that she had seen a shark.   Sure enough, the ocean gods must have been listening because one swam right in front of us.  She was pretty stoked about that - having missed a tiger the Wednesday before.  Add about a dozen mantas on the night dive and you have a really good night to remember - and maybe brag about to your friends.
After a wild night on the reef, I'm pretty darn tuckered.  Nothing like a little nap and a trip down south to Red Hill to wake me right up tho.  A perfect day south.  No swell and plenty to see with my spelunking friends.  Love those overheads.  Again, a nice little shark swimming in one of the lava tubes.  We made a wide birth and left him alone.  Long lava tube was a crowd favorite.  About 50 ft in you start to wish for light again...5 ft and a little bend in the tube and there it is, the exit just ahead and you find yourself wanting to do it all over again!  Lobsters and cowries everywhere. Giant puffers with big cow eyes peering out from a dark crevasse.  Eagle rays getting cleaned.  Tigers are very cool but my favorite critter of the week was a dragon eel found by diver June.  Thanks June, extra brownies for you!  Another shark on Friday and then today another tiger sighting.  Hummmmm this is getting to be pretty regular.  What a treat it is to have great water, fun divers and amazing critters.  I have THE BEST job.