Maui Away Mission aka my first time to Hawaii!!!

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Maui Away Mission aka my first time to Hawaii!!!

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Aloha Divers!!!!!
Happy Crazy Hot Saturday!!! :eek:
Yellow Eye and I just returned from an epic dive trip to Maui!!!! :luv: :partydance: :joshsmith: :eric: ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸWe met up with our awesome friend Nirupam and his wife :luv: :luv: and got to dive dive dive!!!! It was amazing!!!!! :highfive:

Day 1: 2 dives at Makena Beach, epic viz and saw so many turtles!!! It was so much fun and I felt like a total noob diving in a wetsuit... it took me a bit to figure out warm water diving!!! :pirate: :luv: :partydance: ๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿข

Day 2: we did 3 dives at Mala Wharf.... it was freaking awesome!!!!! Sooooo many turtles. A cleaning station, A frog fish. White tipped reef sharks , an eagle ray flyby, a snow flake moray eel, spotted Boxfish, freaky cool tropical fish! Epic viz!!! :taco: :partydance: ๐Ÿธ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿคฟ

Day 3: 2 Shore dives at Ulua Beach with local dive legend Mike Rineer :notworthy: :luv: !!! He found us all the good stuff!!!! Super cute baby frogfish, a big fat frogfish, butterfly fish ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ , flying gurnard fish, white spotted pufferfish, eagle ray, harlequin shrimp, zebra moray eel, green lion fish, several leafy scorpion fish, one with mesmerizing eyes :eek: !!! Nudies, Christmas tree worms, a pack of goat fish, really nice coral, a couple octos ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ on the move, Baby humuhumus!!!! Turtles!!! :bday: ๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿธ๐ŸŸ

Day 4: 2 dives on Mike Severen's dive boat, 5:45am meet at boat :eek: :rofl: Molokini Crater with 100+foot viz and some ship wreck and tire reef. We saw butterflyfish attack some Hawaiian sergeant egg nests, a racoon fish ๐Ÿฆ๐ŸŸ, wrasse cleaner fish, fire coral with gobies, garden eels! Had so much fun on the boat they gave us yummy snacks :burntchef: and fun dive tales!!! Pauline was so nice!๐Ÿค—๐ŸŒท :joshsmith: check her website www.seaslugsofhawaii.com

Day 5: Yellow Eye did 2 hammerhead shark boat dives with Lahaina Divers.... he saw a school of hammerhead at 40 feet... my ear hurt so I couldn't go๐Ÿ˜ฟ... :dontknow: ๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿฆˆ

Overall was a fantastic trip!!!! We had soooooo much delicious food!!! And perfect weather, beautiful sunsets, non stop flight. It was just easy and relaxing. I highly recommend it... also I didn't get sunburned which is pretty amazing lol I can't wait to go back!!!! :partydance:

Delicious places to eat: :partyman: :taco: :burntchef:
Mama's Fish House ( can order togo and eat on their beach)
Piska ceviche food truck :luv: (we went 4 days in a row the vegan ceviche was soooo tasty and had popcorn on it, the owner is from Ecuador, a super nice guy)
Kraken Coffee๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฆ‘โ˜•๐Ÿ˜‹
Peace Love and Shave Ice๐Ÿง๐Ÿจ
MOKU ROOTS in Lahaina (yummy vegan food) :eek: :eric:
PACIFICO in Lahaina
Tin Roof Hawaii food
Star Noodle by Mala Wharf
Had fresh fruit from the farmers market... the Pineapples, Papaya and Mangos are freakishly delicious!!!! :burntchef: :luv:


Here are some of my snaps ๐Ÿ“ธ :popcorn:
Mahalo ๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ๐Ÿคฟ
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Food truck fun
Food truck fun
Mike S dive boat
Mike S dive boat
Eric feeding his lumpy
Eric feeding his lumpy
Yelloweye in his B&B swag enjoying the sunset
Yelloweye in his B&B swag enjoying the sunset
Sunset at Mala Wharf
Sunset at Mala Wharf
Beach outside our hotel, Days Inn Maui Oceanfront,  it was a fantastic place to stay
Beach outside our hotel, Days Inn Maui Oceanfront, it was a fantastic place to stay
View at Mama's Fish house
View at Mama's Fish house
Shave ice yummmm
Shave ice yummmm
Yellow Eye in action when a cute turtle swam up to him to say hi
Yellow Eye in action when a cute turtle swam up to him to say hi
Green lion fish
Green lion fish
Baby Frogfish
Baby Frogfish
Butterflyfish
Butterflyfish
Pufferfish
Pufferfish
My first ever wide angle turtle snap!!!!!!
My first ever wide angle turtle snap!!!!!!
Worm
Worm
Tiny eel
Tiny eel
Harlequin Shrimp,  saw 5 total on our shore dive at Ulua Beach
Harlequin Shrimp, saw 5 total on our shore dive at Ulua Beach
Live Long And Prosper!!!

Stay Warm underwater with the Weezle Extreme Plus undergarment! Please let me know if you would like to order one or have any questions. :luv: :partydance: :eric: :taco:
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Great trip and great writeup!

Here were some of my snaps:
Hula Turtle
Hula Turtle
Frog fish (we saw 4 total)
Frog fish (we saw 4 total)
Turtle cleaning station
Turtle cleaning station
Mala reef life
Mala reef life
Hawaiian Sargant
Hawaiian Sargant
Can't go wrong with a dive at Makenna
Can't go wrong with a dive at Makenna
SJ learning to make the international sign for epic viz
SJ learning to make the international sign for epic viz
The requisite selfie
The requisite selfie
Hammer Time
Hammer Time
Far away. but so cool to see
Far away. but so cool to see
A school of about a dozen hammers cruising by at 40'.
A school of about a dozen hammers cruising by at 40'.
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Great write up! Glad you both had such a great time.
That baby frog fish is SO CUTE!
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Great trip report and pictures from both of you, lucky divers! :)
Nice to see for change critters and visibility we miss here.
Looks like you got it covered, wide angle and macro. Thanks for sharing.
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Amazing pictures as usual, Jess and Erik. I'm glad you had a great time in Hawaii.
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Very jealous! Mala pier is awesome, I want to go back to diving in shorts and a rash guard.
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Thanks for sharing such awesome snaps! Glad you had a great time :)
Love the frogfish - they are SO tricky to spot!!
we got no troubles life is the bubbles
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Awesome pics and write up. Love it :) Much mahalo!


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I thought all my trips to Hawaii were wonderful, but your pictures make mine look pale. Jess, my first dives in Hawaii (1965) were in swim trunks - no wetsuit. Still a vivid memory. Eric, I have never seen hammerheads (the fish, I mean, I have a lot of experience with the tool), but you are right, any view is cool. Mahalo nui loa.
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Oh NICE! I am going there in August, one diver out of 2 families going, so I hope to get in as many as I can!
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Great to see that you two had such a wonderful time!
Years ago - work used to bring me to Hawaii a couple times a year.
I absolutely love the place!!!!
Great pictures - esp. like the baby frog fish.

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OH NICE! I am going to Maui here in August, I may hit you up for some ideas. I know I intend to get a few dives in.
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Hi Norris, sounds good. Sooo excited for your trip. So much fantastic shore diving in Maui ๐Ÿคฟ๐Ÿคฉ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿข and delicious food!๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฎ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ––
Live Long And Prosper!!!

Stay Warm underwater with the Weezle Extreme Plus undergarment! Please let me know if you would like to order one or have any questions. :luv: :partydance: :eric: :taco:
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Hi Norris, sounds good. Sooo excited for your trip. So much fantastic shore diving in Maui ๐Ÿคฟ๐Ÿคฉ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿข and delicious food!๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฎ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ––
Live Long And Prosper!!!

Stay Warm underwater with the Weezle Extreme Plus undergarment! Please let me know if you would like to order one or have any questions. :luv: :partydance: :eric: :taco:
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