Snorkeling, part 2

  Now where was I?  Oh yes, Makena beach.  For those of you who don't know where that is, it is up past Wailea, which is up past Kihei, where I lived.  Here's a detailed map:

 http://www.hawaiiconnection.com/wailea-maui-map.htm

Oh, and this is interesting:

 http://www.wannasurf.com/spot/North_America/USA/Hawaii/Maui/makena/

I had back surgery thanks to my swimming at Makenna.  Those waves are treacherous!

So, Richard and I got to Makenna at around 2:00P.M.  so we had plenty of time to snorkel before the sun began to set.  Sunset is dinner time for sharks and Makenna has had their share of shark attacks.  It was all good though, I'm not a novice, I know to wear a blue bathing suit to blend in so I don't look like a shark treat:)  I had my snorkel buddy, and the sun was still high in the sky. I know all the safety rules.  

Here are just a few of the fish I saw: 

I know that the fish aren't really as close as they look, just as I know that the the ocean floor is not so close that one could stand up without an underwater breathing apparatus. 

OMG, these guys are so beautiful and so plentiful.  Look here at this one and turn slightly to the left to see another amazing tropical fish, turn back and see still another.

 Hmmm, is it my imagination, or is the water starting to look a little murky and dark?

Maybe it's going to rain.


Well, shark don't know the difference between rain murky and dark from dinner time murky and dark. 


Maybe I should lift my face up out of the water and see where Richard is, Ya think?

Did I remember to tell you about how no matter what boat I went on, the captain would say we would have 2 hours to snorkel before he would blow his whistle to call us in, and how I would no sooner jump into the water and he'd be blowing that stinkin whistle.  Well, have you guessed what happened?  It wasn't going to rain, the sun was setting.  When I looked around, the beach was about as far away as Molokini was and I was in the middle of shark territory all by myself!

Seen in the distance Molokini is approximately 2.5 miles away from Makenna beach.

Now, I'm a good swimmer, I had my daughter swimming up the rapids with me at the Catskill creek by the time she was 7, strong like bull, but I'm sure I broke records that day flying across the ocean with my heart in my throat.  Gotta love those flippers:)  Richard said he had looked for me but I had gotten so far away he couldn't see me.  He went back to the beach thinking I had done just that.  Now ask me if I ever went back to Makenna, NO!!!  I can't be trusted.  I just had to be satisfied with snorkeling off the snorkel boats.