Photos from yesterday’s REEF survey.
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The Queen was spotted at Shark’s Cove yesterday!
July 11, 2011 
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The neat thing about doing REEF surveys is that you never know what you will see. I was lucky enough to see a rare fish yesterday while at Shark’s Cove. The Queen Nenue is the yellow morph of the endemic Hawaiian Chub (Kyphosus hawaiiensis), and is a rare sight anywhere in Hawai’i. I also love Shark’s […]
Continue readingREEF Survey at Hanauma Bay
July 8, 2011 2 Comments
Reef Watch Waikiki headed out to Hanauma Bay yesterday to conduct a REEF survey with our new interns. Because of the summer south swells, the MLCD has not offered optimal survey conditions. Hanauma Bay is one of Oahu’s MLCD’s and an international tourist attraction. Yesterday wasn’t the most optimal for snorkeling, but we had fun […]
Continue readingREEF Survey with Interns
July 5, 2011 0 Comments
Last week we took our four interns out to the MLCD for their first survey! Here are some of the things we saw:
Continue readingNightlife in the MLCD
June 30, 2011 0 Comments
I decided to go for a little night snorkel yesterday. Here’s what I saw:
Continue readingThere’s Only One Emperor in Hawai’i
April 25, 2011 0 Comments
There’s only room for one “royal” fish in Hawaiian waters, the Bigeye Emperor. There are many others around the world but the Bigeye Emperor is the only one of its kind in Hawai’i. The Hawaiian word for Bigeye Emperor is mu. They are closely related to breams, snapper-like fishes. The mu has large, human-like, molariform […]
Continue readingSponge?
April 5, 2011 0 Comments
I noticed this sponge-looking thing all over the rocks on the ewa side of the MLCD. Is it just me or has this stuff been here all along? I don’t remember seeing it before! Anyone know what it is?
Continue readingSpotlight on Bonefish
April 4, 2011 0 Comments
Bonefish, also know as ‘o’io, are easily identified by their long silver bodies, single dorsal fin and wide forked tail. On O’ahu, we have spotted several bonefish congregating near the jetty and shallow reef areas in the MLCD. The two species of bonefish in Hawai’i, the Round jaw and Sharp jaw bonefish, are very hard […]
Continue readingREEF Survey with Hanauma Bay Volunteers
March 28, 2011 0 Comments
Volunteers from the Hanauma Bay Education Program joined us for a REEF Fish ID training and snorkel survey in the MLCD last Tuesday, March 22. We were also lucky to have two visitors join us from Florida Sea Grant. Here are some fun pictures!
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