Scuba Diving in Hawaii with octopuses
Octopuses in Hawaii
Octopus in Hawaii are among scuba divers favorite marine life in
Hawaii. Octopus are routinely found on reefs from as shallow as 3
reef to all the way down to 130 feet. Of course even deeper however
I will only talk about our experienced with octopus n the
recreational diving depths of Hawaii. To spot an octopus does take
some experience. Octopus are among the ocean's best camouflage
experts. Blending in with their surroundings are what they do best.
Some
octopus in other parts of the world even change their appearance to
resemble another fish like the octopus of .
The
octopus you will likely see in Hawaii are what we call "tako"
pronounced like the Mexican food taco. This word and you usually
here this on the dive boats come from the Japanese language of the
same spelling and sound. The tako or octopus that we see are
commonly active during the day despite the majority of octopus in
the world who prefer the nights. This isn't to say that octopus in
Hawaii are not active at night- they are. However diving during the
daytime is more common and catching the octopus during the day is
easy. Octopus with their unbeatable camouflage blend into the
corals, rocks and sand background better than any army platoon.
Finding the octopus in Hawaii takes a little cheating. Occasionally
you can be lucky and just find a hole with a octopus inside.
CAUTION- Octopus can bite, although we handled octopus thousands of times we have been bitten only a few rare times.
Easier ways to find octopus is just watch the fish closely. Fish in Hawaii are always following octopus around. Octopus forage for small fish and crabs. With eight tentacles all moving around independently, the octopus enters small caves and holes in search of small marine life. The crabs and small fishes see the tentacles and run out- only to be eaten by the fish who follow so closely the octopus.
Come out and dive with Oahu Diving, we'll find ya an octopus !
Marine life of Hawaii - Fish, Sea Turtles and more
- Butterfly Fish and Reef Fish
- Tiger Sharks
- Eels
- Monk Seals of Hawaii
- Sharks in Hawaii
- Dolphins in Hawaii
- Octopus
- Humpback Whales in Hawaii
- Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle
- Sting Rays, Eagle Rays and Manta Rays
- Dive Dangers and Dangerous Marine Life
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