An eternity, perhaps not quite, but that’s my perception of time when thinking back to my Hawaiian excursion in mid-June. And finishing up a home movie chronicling our adventure, complete with contemporary Island music from the likes IZ for instance, just gets me in the mood for some white sandy beaches and clear salty waters. So why not share a few things I came across while swimming over the reefs of Maui.
Obviously such a post lends itself infinity as the amount of pictures and video I have is substantial… notice I did not mention anything about quality. But with that said, using a digital underwater camera is a goldmine for someone who needs to cull through the blurs to find a few gems.
Of course I need to start the ball rolling with a Hawaiian green sea turtle. It is by far my wife’s favorite marine creature and I am always left in awe at the range of colors found on their carapace. By the way, did you see our Hawaiian green sea turtle video footage? And even in today’s world of rampant conservation information, I was left in shock to discover people clamoring to touch and harass this amazing species (And yes members of our party spoke up immediately to inform the culprits and end their activities). I guess that’s why we need to continue spreading the word.
Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle
A juvenile yellowtail coris (Coris gaimard), which is the first one I have run across in Hawaii
A raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula)
A Slate or Red pencil urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus) and a black sea urchin (Echinothrix diadema)
A cushion seastar (Culcita novaeguineae)
Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris)
An Arc-eye hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus)
The Hawaiian Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea) and a female bird wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
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