Maui 2012 - Diving

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Diving Maui - world class diving!

I was diving there between Dec 19-21 2012. It was really wonderful diving. Molokini was one of the greatest places to dive there. Absolutely amazing.

Look at this amazing video: Barracuda at a cleaning station

this is how it looks when one of the big, bad guys shows up at a cleaning station. A large barracuda, something like 5-6 ft long getting cleaned at Molokini by some small Hawaiian cleaner wrasses. Great situation and something which is very rare.

This is a short video with some sea turtles getting cleaned at a cleaning station near the Kihei Coast...

Have you ever seen baby sharks? These little sharks are hiding in a cave at "Reefs End", another fantastic divesite at Molokini. They are just babies, little more than 2-3 ft long. Cuties, aren't they?

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Photos

before sunrise
Dec 19th. meeting at Kihei Boat ramp at 6 o'clock in the morning

Maui, Mt. Haleakala
silhouetted before sunrise

Maui, Mt. Haleakala and Big Island
one of the clearest mornings for a long time, our captain said

Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa
clearly visible, even though they are more than 130km and 160 km away!

Sunrise
The great Mauna Kea clearly visible!

Sunrise
Molokini to the right. Molokini is an old volcano, just the rim visible above the water, but it extends under the surface

Molokini
an old volcano. Under the surface its even more impressive, but very different!

A kind of conger?
hiding in his hole

peppered moray
looking out of his hole in the sand

Yellowmargin Moray
quite a big guy

also the bad guys go to the beauty salon
large barracuda, 5-6ft long

Barracuda at the cleaning station
skin care

the little cleaner wrasse is also a dentist...
Hawaiian cleaner wrasse, endemic to Hawaii

Barracuda getting cleaned
the cleaner wrasse is just at the barracuda's gills

a cute little nudibranch
the little white guy in the center

whitemouth moray
this time in a better light

Mantis shrimp!
beautiful shrimp, colourful and I like them!