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I've dived with Bob Britton 2 times:

Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Wreck	Freshwater	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Quality	Summary	Equipment
533	7 Jun 2010	Molokini	Maui	Hawaii	USA			25	48	50	Iain Hosking, Bob Britton		From the red lookbook (#10): Well, here's a new site. Snorkelled Molokini yesterday with TWC crew: Matt & Erin, Dan & Lea, Brett, Tristan, plus Justin and his friend Sean. Came back this morning to do it justice. The boat dropped us off the western arm of Molokini and we drifted anticlockwise round the outside. Plenty of fish, including species endemic to Hawaii. An unusual lobster (flat paddle-like claws). Finally ended up at the shark cleaning station as the current stopped. Three white-tipped reef sharks about 9ft long swam in circles below us, occasionally with mouth agape to be cleaned. Absolutely magical. All the better that they didn't tell us about the sharks - it was a complete surprise. Bob took underwater photos. Other divers included Ray (dive leader), Jackie (2nd dive leader), Jim (who used to work at Woomera) and his son Darran and daughter Amanda, who trains dolphins for the US Navy. Originally booked with Mike Severns, but the boat had engine failure, so they were good enough to book us on Ed Robinson's boat for a 10% spotter's fee. 50 mins, 25m (estimates as my Aladin died up Mauna Kea). Beautifully clear, blue water.	3mm one-piece wetsuit, ~12lbs lead, hired tank, reg and BC. Own mask and fins, snorkel, torch, boots and computer (RIP).
534	7 Jun 2010	Prawn trawler	Kihei/Weilia	Hawaii	USA			20	48	50	Iain Hosking, Bob Britton		On the way back Ray asked us what we wanted to do for a second dive. I said "turtles", someone else said "wreck" and we combined both with a prawn trawler scuttled as part of an artificial reef (along wit hcar tyres in frames). Found one turtle inside the wreck - another one was waiting for us back at the line. Notable others in amongst the butterflyfish, tang and pennant fish were trumpet fish in various colours.	3mm one-piece wetsuit, ~12lbs lead, hired tank, reg and BC. Own mask and fins, snorkel, torch, boots and computer.

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533

7 Jun 2010

Molokini

Maui

Hawaii

USA

Iain Hosking, Bob Britton

From the red lookbook (#10): Well, here's a new site. Snorkelled Molokini yesterday with TWC crew: Matt & Erin, Dan & Lea, Brett, Tristan, plus Justin and his friend Sean. Came back this morning to do it justice. The boat dropped us off the western arm of Molokini and we drifted anticlockwise round the outside. Plenty of fish, including species endemic to Hawaii. An unusual lobster (flat paddle-like claws). Finally ended up at the shark cleaning station as the current stopped. Three white-tipped reef sharks about 9ft long swam in circles below us, occasionally with mouth agape to be cleaned. Absolutely magical. All the better that they didn't tell us about the sharks - it was a complete surprise. Bob took underwater photos. Other divers included Ray (dive leader), Jackie (2nd dive leader), Jim (who used to work at Woomera) and his son Darran and daughter Amanda, who trains dolphins for the US Navy. Originally booked with Mike Severns, but the boat had engine failure, so they were good enough to book us on Ed Robinson's boat for a 10% spotter's fee. 50 mins, 25m (estimates as my Aladin died up Mauna Kea). Beautifully clear, blue water.

3mm one-piece wetsuit, ~12lbs lead, hired tank, reg and BC. Own mask and fins, snorkel, torch, boots and computer (RIP).

534

7 Jun 2010

Prawn trawler

Kihei/Weilia

Hawaii

USA

Iain Hosking, Bob Britton

On the way back Ray asked us what we wanted to do for a second dive. I said "turtles", someone else said "wreck" and we combined both with a prawn trawler scuttled as part of an artificial reef (along wit hcar tyres in frames). Found one turtle inside the wreck - another one was waiting for us back at the line. Notable others in amongst the butterflyfish, tang and pennant fish were trumpet fish in various colours.

3mm one-piece wetsuit, ~12lbs lead, hired tank, reg and BC. Own mask and fins, snorkel, torch, boots and computer.