Rare Swim

I was allowed to join a select group of Maui's Mermaids for a rare Wednesday swim to the Aquarium this morning. Life is great.

Reef Clean Up

It was my very great honor to be included in a reef clean-up expedition this morning. We cleared a considerable amount of debris from two different reefs, which will help prevent entrapment of turtles and other aquatic life.

Click HERE for lots more photos of today's ocean adventures.

And a HUGE "thank you" to Bruce and Alan without whom Maui's reefs would not be nearly as beautiful as they are.

Best of All Possible Worlds

Maui's Pink Cap swimmers had the best of all worlds Sunday with warm, clear, flat water.

The fun group even had encounters with a Spotted Eagle Ray and a Manta Ray.

Click HERE for a few more photos of yesterday's ocean swim adventures.

Silverbacks and Greens

It was another perfect morning for an ocean swim today. I saw lots of Silverbacks and a few Green Sea Turtles too.

Musical Bubbles

 Maui's Mermaids were back in South Maui waters once again this morning, where I was given lessons on playing SCUBA bubbles.

I've missed swimming with them and was thrilled to be back in the pod.

Daredevil Helicopters

A large brush fire threatened a portion of south Kihei as well as Maui Meadows this morning.

I was in awe of the four helicopters fighting the fire. They would zoom barely above the tree tops to the nearest backyard pools in the Maui Meadows neighborhood, fill their buckets, zoom back to the fire and dump their water, then head back to the nearest pools again. They were making their round trips in less than two minutes, which meant that water was being dumped on the fire every thirty seconds. Amazing!

Another Blurry Sunday

 I must apologize, I seem to be having technical difficulties with my underwater photos recently. I will work diligently to figure it out.

Even though we may look blurry, we actually were sharp as tacks and thoroughly enjoyed excellent ocean conditions for our swim Sunday.

Click HERE for a few more photos from yesterday's ocean swim.