Diving The Cathedrals - Lanai, Hawaii

A compilation of video clips and photos from scuba diving the First and Second Cathedrals off the south coast of Lanai, Hawaii in February, 2018.
Video clips and photos by Howard Darby and Eric Tolppanen.
Equipment used: Sony RX100 III with Sony MPK-URX100A underwater housing, GoPro 3 Black

[@JeffGraves]

I'll never forget this dive. Beautiful. Also found a shark inside.

[@kparsa1]

I will be there in four weeks.. so excited

[@indigitec459]

We are heading there in a couple of weeks... any more info on the dive... dive shop,, depth, water temp, nitrox avaible..etc.. How do you get there ... from Maui? any info appreciated.... Thanks

[@hdarby1961]

Hey there. We booked this while we were on Maui, a few days in advance through Maui Dive Shop. There are a few of their shops on the island. Their boat leaves from the Maalaea Harbor, and it was a couple hours or so crossing to Lanai. We went in mid February 2018. The First Cathedral was 73.4 degrees and we went to 66 feet. The Second Cathedral was 75.2 degrees, and we went to 59 feet. We didn't use Nitrox, but I think it was available. This was my wife and my 7th and 8th dives, and the shop didn't have any issues with that, and it was actually pretty simple. My wife was nervous about doing the Shotgun exit, so we just exited through a "window" in the lava as you can see at the end of the video. I hope that helps. I highly recommend doing this dive if you can. We'll do it again the next time we're on Maui. Good luck with your dives.

[@McF182]

the color on this video looks really good. Was this done in post or were you using a filter on the camera?

[@hdarby1961]

Thanks, Brandon. The video from 0:0 - 0:40 and the last 10 seconds were taken by a friend on an older GoPro, which I tweaked in post. The rest of the video and pictures was on my Sony RX100 III which I did a manual adjustment of the white balance when I got to depth. I carry a small white writing slate with me that I've never used to write on... I use it for the WB setting. I find that's easiest since it's pretty much correct as I'm shooting it.