t's been a while since I went diving overseas, which was suspended due to the coronavirus. Although diving was not my goal, I did try a little diving. In Hawaii, I use Japanese restaurants Breeze Hawaii and island divers Hawai. When I went to Breeze, I found that it wasn't open, and Shin-san was just there, so I asked him about it. He said that they were only doing tank charges at the moment. Maybe it was because of the drastic drop in Japanese customers due to the coronavirus? Why, I called Island Hawaii to make a reservation, and they told me that they are currently discontinuing pick-up and only meeting on site.The meeting time is 7:30, and if they have to cancel due to the strait, it will be 7:00, which is 30 minutes in advance, and at the Japanese store it will be around 6:30. Well, anyway, I'm going to go anyway.
When I arrived, everything was the same as before the coronavirus.
There were just no customers in the snorkel shop next door.
The water temperature in Hawaii's oceans is low, so this time I dived in a 6.5mm Japanese winter wetsuit. As expected, I was right and it wasn't cold.？
I've used this shop many times, and the staff was friendly and it was fun.
After diving, we drove along the coast, and the beach and scenery gave us a completely different impression of what it was like on Oahu.
コロナで中断していた海外ダイビングを久しぶりにしました。 とはいえダイビングが目的ではなかったですがちょこっとダイビングしてみました。 ハワイでは、日本人店のブリーズハワイとisland divers Hawaiを利用してます。 ブリーズに行ってみると、なんと営業してない、丁度シンさんがいたので聞いてみると、今はタンクチャージしかやってない、きっとコロナで日本人客激減の影響？ なんで、アイランドハワイに電話予約、なんと現在はピックアップやめて現地集合のみとのこと、 集合時間は7:30そして海峡により中止する場合は7:00となんと30分前、日本店なら6:30あたりなのに、、、 まあとにかく一応行くことに
着いてみると何もコロナ前とかわらない。
隣接してるシュノーケルメインのショップに客がいないだけ。
ハワイの海、水温は低いので、今回は、日本の冬用ウェットスーツ6.5mmで潜りました。やはり正解で寒くなかったです。
ダイビングの後は、海岸沿いにドライブ、オアフ島でもこんなのがあるんだと、全く違う印象のビーチ、風景でした。