Fresh tuna catch

Today was another perfect day to be on the ocean so boarded Wendell Kos boat to look for more fresh fish.  Wendell is an awesome fisherman as well as diver.  He has the virus I do called "ahi fever".

We set out the lines and headed way out. The water was so flat and vog so bad it was hard to see birds.

We did manage to grab a few fish for our dinner tonight. Mix plate of shibi, akus and kawakawa.

Our last catch turned into this dried fish. The stores sell this for $29/lb.

Perfect Day to Fish!

Today was a picture perfect day for fishing and diving. Sheet glass with no winds this morning. Swell came down but will be back up tomorrow late afternoon.

Set out our lines and special Gaji lures again and hanapaa! Double even triples at times. By noon we were ready to come in.  Here Al Ah Nee holding a pair of akus. Thanks Al for the Ono sandwiches again!

Made it back with lots of daylight to clean fish.

Our table was barely big enough.

Fresh sashimi for the rest of the week!

Eastside sunrise

Wow light winds are here and got to see a spectacular sunrise. 

The cliffs of Makapuu as the new day begun.

Got to get my gills wet finally and exercise with my friends Travis Masutani and kris Tyler. Water was cold today as we paddled out a few miles. More Kona winds coming so gonna try get some fish.

Weather forecasting

One of my responsibilities to finding the best spots to surf or dive is watching the weather. Learning how low and high pressures work and how it affects our weather is key. Low pressures have a counter clockwise rotation and the tighter the gradient the stronger the storm. Winter time we have a lot of low pressures that form by the Aleutians.

As the winds or waves approach monitoring the buoys for eta of conditions provide the approx time of arrival. Today we will have a big north swell but unfavorable winds per above charts. Not much action on south so good day to get your work done because next week looks good!

3 E's to a happy life

It's been perfect conditions on the Eastside these past few weeks with fun surf. I've been driving up this coast for over 25 years and it never gets old. I paddled out early with one guy out and this guy tells me hi, come to find out it's my classmate from high school, Scott Salima. I'm still stoked to search for the best uncrowded waves as I was back in the day we used to surf 3x per day. I'm thankful for my health and happy to still enjoy the ocean. Eat healthy, exercise and enjoy life!

Surf check 2015

8:00 am Eastside surf up! Let's go surf.

Happy New Year!

The real deal.

2015 is here!