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Scuba Forum / General / December 2006Not too shabby in Maui today
Did three dives with Ed Robinson's. A little choppy on the way out this morning, but the wind soon died and the seas with them, ending the day with perfectly flat, lake-glossy conditions. I've never experienced that in Maui. Great viz out at Molokini. We did our first dive on the "back wall", followed by one inside the crater, and the third at a site called "Roger's", just north of the Five Graves/Caves shore dive site. Nothing too exciting. A few baby whitetips sleeping in crevices, a red-striped pipefish, long-nose hawkfish, and a tuna on the back side. Lots of morays inside, including a green, a huge yellow-margin, and a few spotted of various sizes. A couple blue dragon nudies and a pretty blue and yellow flatworm. Roger's was a bit murky compared to the pristine viz out at Molokini, and we somehow missed the turtle cleaning station, but it was a nice long "live boat" dive and we all got a workout. Only 75 frigid degrees in the water, but plenty of hot sun to warm us up during the surface intervals. Very light current. I was bummed to hear that Amy has left Ed's to return to teaching 3rd grade after she had a baby. Amy was the absolute best DM in the world. We'll miss her. It's our big hope to hear and/or see some humpbacks while we're here, as they've been patrolling the local waters since November. Two more dive days to go and they've been encountering them about every other day, so our chances are still good. Then it's the Continental red-eye back home, where we've been freezing in SoCal, temps dropping down into the 40s on some nights. Brrr. > Did three dives with Ed Robinson's. A little choppy on the way out > this morning, but the wind soon died and the seas with them, ending the [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > back home, where we've been freezing in SoCal, temps dropping down into > the 40s on some nights. Brrr. Bummer. And here we have the wonderful gun debate. Bet you're jealous.  Signature“TAANSTAFL” ____________________________________________________________________________ "A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." - Proverbs 22:3 ____________________________________________________________________________ > Bummer. And here we have the wonderful gun debate. > > Bet you're jealous. Yeah, that frigid 75-degree water ain't for everyone. No problem participating in the gun debate though, thanks to Westin including free internet in the $18.50/day "resort fee" they tack onto the already steep room rates. Since I've paid for it, might as well use it. Problem is that I haven't seen too many guns around here. I feel awfully endangered sitting around the pool unarmed, as we could be attacked by Samoan gangsters or Japanese Zeros any second, but we were already maxed out on weight at the airport and they refused my customary 1,000 rounds of ammo and redundant assault rifles that I usually take with me on all dive trips. Too bad. A baby octo attacked the DM today and I could have saved him by blowing off its little gastropod head. Fortunately it let go before doing serious damage. I do pass by the firing range each time I make the drive to/from Kaanapali, so apparently they have gun nuts here too and not just macadamia nuts. Maybe next time. >> Bummer. And here we have the wonderful gun debate. >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Kaanapali, so apparently they have gun nuts here too and not just >macadamia nuts. Maybe next time. The Japanese and Chinese go ape sh.t over guns. The range rents everything from .22s to .44 Automags. Somebody told me they have a Cassul, but you have to ask for it. Signaturedillon Aim n Flame, the official lighter of Usenet don't forget mama's fish house...best on the island. >> Bummer. And here we have the wonderful gun debate. >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Kaanapali, so apparently they have gun nuts here too and not just > macadamia nuts. Maybe next time. > don't forget mama's fish house...best on the island. No it's not. It's only the most expensive. It's also a long drive from the west coast. > Did three dives with Ed Robinson's. A little choppy on the way out > this morning, but the wind soon died and the seas with them, ending the [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > back home, where we've been freezing in SoCal, temps dropping down into > the 40s on some nights. Brrr. Consider yourself lucky. It's been cold, cloudy, and windy with big northern swells for the last week. We were planning on going out sailing this morning but decided to finish up the Xmas shopping instead on account of the weather. Kula (suds) > Consider yourself lucky. It's been cold, cloudy, and windy with big > northern swells for the last week. We were planning on going out sailing > this morning but decided to finish up the Xmas shopping instead on account > of the weather. Big northern swells, indeed. The Billabong women's surfing championship is (was) happening up at Honolua, but Janna won't let me go and ogle all da kine surfing chicks. Spent the sunny wind-free afternoon around the pool instead, ogling the tourist chicks. Only two Molokini dives this morning, one at Reef's End and the second at Enanue. Saw a great barracuda which apparently is pretty rare for these parts. DM was all excited and didn't want to hear about the six GBs that were lurking a foot behind my head while I was doing 8 minutes of deco during DWG II on the Spiegel Grove. He got just as excited when I found a devil scorpion (can't put your hand down anywhere in the Andaman without landing on one), and he spotted one of the rare black long-nose butterflies. A few more sharks than yesterday, but for some reason my eel blinders were on and I didn't see a single moray today even though Janna saw plenty and a few divers on our boat found a zebra. Still no whales. I really need to come back in February or March someday. > Big northern swells, indeed. The Billabong women's surfing > championship is (was) happening up at Honolua, but Janna won't let me [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Still no whales. I really need to come back in February or March > someday. Sorry, the whales are late this year. I wish I could join you (I haven't been to Maui in about three years) but I'm scrambling to ship out all the Xmas gifts. The daughter will be competing at the State Championship Swim Meet this weekend. We fly out Thursday night. All the gifts must be in the mail by then. kula > I wish I could join you (I haven't been to Maui in about three years) but > I'm scrambling to ship out all the Xmas gifts. > > The daughter will be competing at the State Championship Swim Meet this > weekend. We fly out Thursday night. All the gifts must be in the mail by > then. I was here only two years ago. It looks like I get over here more than you do. Thought you were Wiccan. What's up with the X-mas crap? There's a Santa here (Ka'anapali) riding in an outrigger. Do the reindeer swim while they're pulling it or does the outrigger fly like a sleigh? BTW, today was awesome. Did "Edge of the World" on the Molokini backwall. That one completely vertical portion is mindblowing. Second dive was at "85" where we saw a leaf scorpionfish, a really big frogfish that was actually moving, and an itty-bitty mantis shrimp. The third dive was off Red Hill with four turtles and a snowflake moray. Dinner at I'O tonight. Tomorrow we'll head to Kula for lunch, check out the winery, and then fly home. Best of luck to daughter Kulette. >> I wish I could join you (I haven't been to Maui in about three years) but >> I'm scrambling to ship out all the Xmas gifts. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Best of luck to daughter Kulette. Make sure you do that french restaurant! I can't remember it's name but it's alongside the main highway there. Excellent food but a bit pricey. Wait a minute, isn't "Maui" and "pricey" redundant? LOL Yes, I haven't been to Maui in quite a long time. However, I seem to wind up on the Big Island a lot. That's where I'll be again in 48 hours. State Championship: 4 days of swim meets. Yeah! The wife and I were planning a get-away weekend to Lani'i for our anniversary but that just got nixed on account of another "swim meet" in Australia this summer: so goes the travel budget. I live in Hawaii, surrounded by the world's largest ocean but I spend all my free time at a pool watching my kids swim laps. Go figure. LOL kula > Make sure you do that french restaurant! I can't remember it's name but > it's alongside the main highway there. Excellent food but a bit pricey. > Wait a minute, isn't "Maui" and "pricey" redundant? LOL Chez Paul, in Olawalu. Maybe next time. I have to go in April for my cousin's wedding. I've considered it in the past, but nixed it in favor of closer spots in Lahaina or Kapalua since I tend to drink wine with dinner and cocktails before dinner and drinking and driving (far) don't mix as we all know. This trip we tried (1) Tropica, the "fine" dining restaurant at the Westin where we stayed, which was overpriced and just average and gnats kept landing in our water, wine, and martinis (fortunately we didn't order soup), but you can't beat the convenience; (2) the Plantation House up the hill in Kapalua, my all-time favorite in Maui, reasonably priced (for Maui) and great seafood as always; (3) Sansei (the Kapalua branch), because I've heard so much about it, had to wait a saketini-infused half-hour past our 7 p.m. reservation time before we were finally seated (on a Monday!), and enjoyed the food but found it nothing too special from the perspective of a sushi-spoiled Angelino except for the most meltingly delicious blue-fin o-toro they had special that night (I had to follow my nigiri order with an order of sashimi because it was that good); and (4) I'O, which is one of Chef James McDonald's two restaurants - he stopped by the table next to us to talk to a friend, but ignored us (what a dick!), but I have to say his food was sublime and the waiter was a hoot and very competent - I'll probably try his other restaurant, Pacific'O, on our April trip. > Yes, I haven't been to Maui in quite a long time. However, I seem to wind > up on the Big Island a lot. That's where I'll be again in 48 hours. > State Championship: 4 days of swim meets. Yeah! The Big Island is too big for me. Might as well stay in California if I want to drive that much. I find the diving there to be a bit monotonous compared to Maui, except for the manta night dives, but I've already been there, done that several times. > The wife and I were planning a get-away weekend to Lani'i for our > anniversary but that just got nixed on account of another "swim meet" in > Australia this summer: so goes the travel budget. I've been considering Lana'i for a future visit, since I've pretty much seen and done everything I've wanted to see and do on the big four. That Lodge at Koele sounds like like a nice place, and conveniently run by Starwood so I can get all my platinum bennies. But my one trip diving in Lana'i was sort of disappointing and I'm not sure I want to make an entire trip of it. Australia sounds better, were it not for all the Australians there. > I live in Hawaii, surrounded by the world's largest ocean but I spend all > my free time at a pool watching my kids swim laps. Go figure. LOL That sounds better than traveling all the way to Australia just to watch your kids swim laps. Why can't they take up competitive SCUBA instead? >Did three dives with Ed Robinson's. A little choppy on the way out >this morning, but the wind soon died and the seas with them, ending the >day with perfectly flat, lake-glossy conditions. I've never >experienced that in Maui. Sounds good - I'll be there in a week. Mike -- http://www.corestore.org 'As I walk along these shores I am the history within' |
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