Today I dove at Leleiwi, Hawaii. There were many turtles in the water. I saw a purple, yellow and blue nudibranch. The ocean was calm, but right after we got out, it started getting really wavy with a lot of surge. This was my 10th scuba dive!

On June 8, we went to a new dive spot called Honaunau. It is on the South Kona side of the Big Island. We saw a three foot peacock grouper, and we went into a lava tube underwater. Heraldo dove with Dad and me.

Today I dove for an hour at 30 feet. The fish above is a scorpion wrasse, a.k.a. rock mover. I practiced buddy breathing with my dad, and Robin came too. Even though we went to the same dive spot as the other day, we went a different way this time. The corals had a lot of texture.

Today was my last day of open water training. I am now a certified diver!

I did a controlled swimming ascent from the ocean floor. I also had to take off my BC and tank underwater and put it back on. My instructor also made me take of my mask and put it back on, and clear it underwater. We saw a scorpionfish.

Bill was a good instructor. He was very patient.

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Jonas Dive Blog June 3, 2010

Today I had two dives. In both of the dives, there were about 15 turtles (honu). We also saw a moray eel and it was about 6 inches in diameter.

Bill (my instructor) is the guy who is with me in all of the photos. My dad is the one taking the photos.

We were diving at Leleiwi in Hilo, Hawaii.

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Jonas Dive Blog June 2, 2010

Hi, this my new dive blog. I am 11 years old, and I just started my scuba training.

Today was my first day of dive training at Richardson's Beach Park in Hilo, Hawaii. I saw a honu and a panther flounder. It was sandy. But we didn't see too much because we were training. The training involved buddy breathing, hand signals, and naming the different equipment that I am using.

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Jonas Dive Blog June 1, 2010