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A diver favorite, the Day Octopus, is the most common and frequently seen octopus in Hawaii.  This master of hide-and-seek often means divers swim right over them without noticing! While they are most active during early mornings and late afternoons, they spend about half their […]

  One of the more spectacular looking crabs you can find diving in Kona is the Jeweled Anemone crab! This crab is often found on night dives in shallow and deeper waters.  What makes this crab unique is it collects 2 types of sea anemones […]

Jolly Green Giant or "Ceratosoma Sinuata" Photograph by Jack's Diving Locker's OWSI Sheila Blum This unusual and very rare to find slug has a scalloped mantle with green, yellow and blue markings. First pictured under this catchy and festive name by Bertsch and Johnson in […]

The Leaf Scorpionfish is always a fun find on Jack’s Diving Locker boat trips.  Often mistaken for a leaf swaying in the surge, the Leaf Scorpionfish has a dorsal fin that is permanently extended that has 12 spines.  Even with these spines, the Leaf Scorpionfish […]

Creature Feature - Brown Surgeonfish For our next Creature Feature, we are going to take a look at a common, rather bland-looking little reef fish here in Hawai'i. I know I'm not yet "selling you" on this interesting little fish, but we see them on […]