Hedo Point
Made the trek north to Hedo Point for the first time today. Tim and I had heard stories about this location and we were excited to give it a try. We drove up along the west coast and the ocean was flat like a lake all the way up until we hit the point. There, we could see the swells rolling in and 3-4 ft waves crashing on the reef. Beyond the waves you could see coral fingers extending outward in clear water. We had to climb down a cliff face to reach the water and then swim under the waves ti deeper water. Once in I could see why people talked about this spot with so much excitement. We were immediately greeted by a pair of sea turtles and there were schools of fish everywhere. We saw the some of the biggest parrot fish we ever seen. There were coral trout at about 50 ft that were larger than anything I had ever seen. We got some good sized parrot fish and I shot a nice coral trout. If we could hit 50ft comfortably, we probably could have had some large coral trout. We were only in the water for about 2 hrs because we became concerned with the exit through the waves as the tide was rising. Getting out was an adventure and I lost my brand new Riffe knife in the surf. This was Tim's last Okinawa spearfishing adventure since he is leaving us next week for Camp Pendleton. This was a nice way to finish.
Made the trek north to Hedo Point for the first time today. Tim and I had heard stories about this location and we were excited to give it a try. We drove up along the west coast and the ocean was flat like a lake all the way up until we hit the point. There, we could see the swells rolling in and 3-4 ft waves crashing on the reef. Beyond the waves you could see coral fingers extending outward in clear water. We had to climb down a cliff face to reach the water and then swim under the waves ti deeper water. Once in I could see why people talked about this spot with so much excitement. We were immediately greeted by a pair of sea turtles and there were schools of fish everywhere. We saw the some of the biggest parrot fish we ever seen. There were coral trout at about 50 ft that were larger than anything I had ever seen. We got some good sized parrot fish and I shot a nice coral trout. If we could hit 50ft comfortably, we probably could have had some large coral trout. We were only in the water for about 2 hrs because we became concerned with the exit through the waves as the tide was rising. Getting out was an adventure and I lost my brand new Riffe knife in the surf. This was Tim's last Okinawa spearfishing adventure since he is leaving us next week for Camp Pendleton. This was a nice way to finish.
View from the top.
My harvest. Ceviche tonight!
Tim finally made the blog on the last try!
4 blue parrots, 2 red parrots, and a coral trout.
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