Pre-Thanksgiving Swim

Swim turnouts this week have been really low, but conditions have been great.

We saw a big stream of fresh Octopus ink, but not much else on our ocean swim this morning.

Click HERE for a few more photos from today's ocean adventure.

Playful Manta Rays

I had the pleasure of swimming with at least two large Manta Rays this morning, and some fun people too.

I managed to get some good photos for a change, click HERE to view a selection.

Too Colorful

These colorful fish (top photo) swam up to check me out this morning. They were so vivid that I had to turn the saturation down before posting them here. I never see fish this brightly hued.

Lucky me, I got to see a rare Hawksbill turtle (middle photo) today.

Finally, this portion of a larger school of Goatfish (bottom photo) must have mistaken me for a predator because they grouped together unusually tightly.

Typical

This is how (and where) I like to spend my evenings around sunset time.

Slugfest

Maui's Mermaids got to see lots of snail-related critters this morning. We found two Nudibranchs and two of the big Tritons which seemed to be getting intimate with each other.

Click HERE for more photos from today's ocean swim.

Monday Sunday

It was a perfect beach day for the Monday observance of Sunday's Veterans' Day.

Downhill All the Way

 The Maui Pink Cap Swimmers were very happy to welcome Liz back into the ocean after a double hip replacement.

Conditions were crazy with strong north winds blowing, but we were smart and did the one-way downhill swim.

Click HERE for more photos from this morning's adventures.