Molokini and Turtle Town Dives

Diving the backside of Molokini

We dove the back side of Molokini and Turtle Town with Scuba Shack Divers. The back side of Molokini is a shelf straight down ~300 feet. We dove down 75 feet which was deeper than we had ever gone before. A really unique part of the dive is that sometimes you get so focused on the life in the shelf that you forget it is open ocean behind you. It is truly amazing to look back and know that you have 125 feet visibility and see NOTHING but blue. Also, in open ocean like this, the swell would push you up and down 20 feet at a time as it hits the back of the crater. 

Unfortunatly, the Molokini dive was a bit too turbulent for Joo who got sick on the way to the second spot. She spent the second dive recouping and trying not to throw up. She LOVES turtles so I was pretty bummed out but later in the trip, we saw a gigantic turtle while snorkeling which I was really stoked about. The Turtle Town dive had so much unique wild life that I had never seen before. I saw huge turtles which was probably to be expected by the name. I also saw an eel swim in open ocean which was really cool. There were also white tip reef sharks which have a unique quality in that they are the only shark that can rest at the ocean floor. I saw two of them in an underwater cave. 

The Boat on the way to Molokini

Hangin' Loose 75" deep!!!!

Turtle in Turtle Town... what are the odds

I challenged this one to a fight... I did not challenge the shark

Another turtle

A couple eels

Close up of the eel. they are a majestic animal aren't they?