Meet paku’iku’i the Achilles Tang
This beautiful shallow water reef fish is wonderful to watch as it zooms around in the surf, but you do not want to touch one! Tangs are in the Surgeonfish family and they have a razor sharp spine near their tail that can cause a deep cut on your hand if you get too close.
Meet the Hawaiian Spanish Dancer!
She is eight inches long and so beautiful that seeing her in action is a very special treat for divers visiting our Hawaiian coral reefs.
Meet kihikihi the Moorish Idol
This beautiful Hawaiian reef fish is a one of a kind as it is the only member of the Zanclidae family on our coral reefs! It is often mistaken for the common butterfly fish but it is actually one of the oldest known Hawaiian fish with fossil records dating back over 50 million years.
Great Whites
Had an amazing Great White Shark Research trip 180 miles offshore of Baja Mexico with professional underwater photographer Pamela Whitman and a whole team of world class shark experts on the large Nautilus
Meet hilu the Blackstripe Coris
This cool looking Hawaiian reef fish get up to 20 inches long and divers are use to seeing the females that are white with black stripes.
Meet humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua’a the Wedgetail Triggerfish!
Meet humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua’a the Wedgetail Triggerfish! This iconic Hawaiian reef fish is also known at the Picasso Triggerfish and its Hawaiian name has a fascinating meaning of which is still not completely understood.
Meet the strange-looking Commerson’s frogfish
Meet the Commerson’s Frogfish, one of Hawaii’s most unusual sea creatures! This very strange looking fish uses it fins as hands and walks across the reef in slow motion. Most of the time it does not move at all except to open its mouth slowly to breath.
Meet nunu the trumpetfish, one bizarre-looking creature
This 30-inch-long, common Hawaiian reef fish can come in many different colors, and they often hide in large schools of fish so their colors match the species of fish they hide in!
Meet honu, the Hawaiian green sea turtle
Hawaii is one of the only places on earth that divers and swimmers can spend time close up to these amazing creatures. Sea turtles have been swimming our oceans for a very long time but in much of the worlds tropic waters humans still eat them!
Meet nohu pinao the Hawaiian Red Lionfish
In Hawaii we have two species of poisonous lionfish. The red lionfish grows to about eight inches long and the green lionfish grows to about six inches long. Both are native to Hawaii and are quite common in certain areas but rarely seen by divers. The Hawaiian name for this fish means dragonfly!
Meet humuhumu lei
The Lei Triggerfish is related to our Wedge-Tailed Triggerfish of which is the Hawaiian state fish.
Meet moa, The Hawaiian boxfish
The Hawaiian Boxfish is truly a bizarre creature! Part fish and part underwater helicopter! The males are bright blue, white and gold and this fish can hoover off of the bottom, go backwards, forwards, up, down and do a complete spin just like a helicopter. They are truly amazing to watch as they look like a remote controlled underwater drone!
Meet he’e the octopus
Here in Hawaii we have several species of octopus but usually people only see two of the most common, larger species.
‘U’u the Hawaiian Bigscale Soldierfish
Meet ‘u’u the Hawaiian Bigscale Soldierfish! This common foot long fish also has another name, Mempachi. This name came from the Japanese who came to Hawaii over 150 years ago and both the Hawaiians and Japanese consider this schooling fish a delicacy.
Meet lau’ipala the beautiful Yellow Tang
The Hawaiian name for this fish, lau‘ipala, means “yellow leaf,” and they only occur in large numbers in Hawaii. Sometimes these fish can be seen in such large schools that people can see them from the beach and it looks like gold flowing over the coral reef.