Ok, the good news is that today was AWESOME!! The bad news is that after our first snorkel my supposed underwater camera quit working so I have no pictures to share my awesome day with you. However, one guy caught it all on video and will hopefully post to YouTube soon.
Met up with our boat at 6:30am this morning and headed out to a very stormy sea. Our boat is an inflatable raft with a metal hull, think Search and Rescue style. The open water channel between Maui and Lanai was rough to say the least. About 12 foot swells and white caps. An exciting ride.
We finally stopped in a bay and got out to snorkel, the water was cool and the fish were beautiful but sparse. Still a fun little swim. We had 18 passengers in our boat and once back on board we took another 30 minute ride along the shore to see big cliffs, interesting caves, saw a few flying fish and a few dolphins.
We stopped in another small bay as there were about 20 or so dolphins swimming along our boat. We stopped for a few minutes to watch and they seemed to be keeping to the cove so we got out and started to swim. For the next 30 minutes we swam side by side, on top of, and surrounded by this small pod of dolphins. The water was about 50 ft deep with a sandy bottom, and the water could not have been more crystal clear. These spinner dolphins just hung out with us, twirled around, jumped and spun out of the water and just played with us. It was AMAZING!!! Once back in the boat we had lunch and watched them some more. We then headed to our third and last snorkel stop to see more fishies, but no more dolphins. I can't wait to see the footage and share it with you all.
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