Sea Turtle Research Program (STRP), Marine Biology, SCUBA
On Sunday, October 3, 4 students joined Ms Jim on a snorkeling trip to Honokaope Beach area. The students represeented an international group (Spain, Mexico, Germany,Switzerland) and participated in a snorkel skills training session in the HPA Pool on the previous Friday and then spend Sunday morning at the beach enjoying the beautiful Hawaiian weather …
MAUNAI LANI AUBERGE RESORT On Wednesday , 9/29/2021, students from the HPA Sea Turtle Research Program traveled with Laura Jim and Marc Rice to measure, weight and tag 4 captive green turtles during their monthly health assessment. These turtles are captive reared turtles from the Oceanarium “sea life park” on Oahu. 4-6 month old …
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On 6/12/21, we made a night dive at Puako reef on Hawaii Island. The water was calm and visibility was good. It was a great dive! https://youtu.be/5ijYYlIzKWg
Saturday morning, 9/26/21, Laura Jim and 6 HPA student divers made a recreational scuba dive at Puako as part of the Weekend Diving Activities available to interested students. The dive profile was 51 feet for 56 minutes. The ocean was calm and the water temperature was 79 degrees, quite comfortable. During the dive we saw …
https://youtu.be/zzLrMuegY-g On Sepetember 9, 2021, Laura Jim and Marc Rice joined Sandy and Nikki for a two tank boat dive out of Honokohau Harbor. Our first dive was off of Makalawena. The visibility was good but a bit murky. the habitat is made up of large basalt spurs interspersed with sand groves. Interesting but surprisingly lacking …
ON September 18, 2021 HPA SCUBA instructor Laura Jim and MS Librarian/Diver took 6 students on a recreational dive to Puakom Hawaii. During the dive they observed a white tip shark and numerous green turtles (honu) at the turtle cleaning station. The profile of the dive was to ????feet for ?????minutes. Here are some …
MAUNA LANI AUBERGE RESORT On Wednesday, August 24th, Laura Jim took her Capstone students to help Pi’I Laeha and Ethan Sousa to measure, weight and tag 6 captive green turtles during their monthly assessment. These turtles are captive reared turtles from the Oceanarium “sea life park” on Oahu. 4-6 month old turtles are sent to …
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Juveniule hawksbill turtle swallowed an Ulua Hook– see our blog report on this stranding and rescue.
On several occasions, scuba divers have reported a particularly obese turtle seen in the waters off of Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The cause of this issue is unknown but something similar has been found in necropsied turtles in the past. It is possible that this turtle is suffering from a condition called Steatitis …
The thirty-second Turtle Independence Day took place on July 4, 2021 HPA students Catherine H. (’25), Nikki M. (’25) and a summer school student Zach L. assisted with the annual Fourth of July tradition alongside HPA Sea Turtle Research Program co-directors Laura Jim ’91 and Marc Rice. On July 3rd the HPA team gathered in …