Molokini Crater back wall dives, Maui
Molokini crater is a semi-circular wall off Makena in Maui. Inside the crater is a shallow reef - the back wall is a long drop exposed to the Pacific where more pelagic species are found.
We did two dives off the back wall with Maui Dreams Dive Company. We'd previously had two fabulous diving days with them, but unfortunately our guides on this day weren't very good. The boat was split fairly evenly between newer air divers and more experienced divers on Nitrox, but instead of putting the advanced divers together, they split us up. This meant those of us diving Nitrox were forced to dive an air profile to stay with the group, and we didn't get to spend much time at depth with the pelagics which are the whole point of diving the wall. What we saw was pretty, but not what I had hoped for when I booked the dives. After the amazing experience I had diving the walls at Lehua off Kaua'i, this was a bit disappointing.
NightDive#1 - Makena Beach - Kihei, HI
Night Scuba dive at Makena Beach in Kihei Hawaii with Maui Dream Dive Company
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Scooter Dive at Keawakapu Beach with Maui Dream Divers Company
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Mana 'O Wailea - Maui to Kauai
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Cliff House, Maui
A reef visit to Cliff House on Maui revealed a conger eel & banded coral shrimp housekeeping, juvenile Hawaiian lionfish laying low, spry fantail filefish & a spotted toby friend, and a school of young pennant fish enjoying the day. We haven't seen this abundance of juvenile reef fish in some time. The fantails are making a comeback now that Maui aquarium collectors are gone.
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Destination Makena - by @alohastoked
Makena beach is a beach of many names. It is also referred to as Big Beach, Bigs, or the traditional Hawaiian name : Oneloa Beach. This beach is located on Maui's Southern end, past all of the hotels in Wailea. Just keep driving, just keep driving!
*Warning : The Shore Break at this beach during the summer months can be extremely dangerous. Broken backs, necks, collar bones, and wrists are commonplace here. A few tips : Never turn your back to the sea while visiting this beach. I have seen many a tourist become a tumbleweed of sand and screams while trying to get a cool photo near the shore break. If the waves feel too big. Don't go out in the water. The locals make it look easy but trust us, this is not the shore break to play in when the summer surf is up.
Thankfully, Makena beach now has 3 fully staffed lifeguard stands during park hours (6am-6pm). Be safe, and enjoy one of Maui's most beautiful beaches.
Pro Tip : wear a rash guard instead of sunscreen if you can. Sunscreen isn't helping the delicate reef systems in Hawaii and the less of it we have, the better. If you must wear sunscreen, try to go as organic as you can, and wait 20 min before you enter the ocean!
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Boogie Board Failure
Attn: Mr. Jacques Barrot
Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Transport
Dear Mr. Barrot,
In my capacity as a Catalan and European citizen, I feel the need to contact you because at the moment, Catalonia is experiencing an emergency situation. The reason for this letter is to claim JUSTICE, because we are not living on equal terms with other European citizens.
We know that you are aware of the pitiful state of the current Catalan infrastructure. We are living through a genuine railroad nightmare, due to the works on the High Speed Train entry into Barcelona which, what is more, is several years overdue. Nevertheless, our tragedy is heightened by the daily collapse of the commuter railway service, the Prat airport, our roads and motorways and the main entrance and exit points in the city of Barcelona . Neither should we forget the precarious and alarming situation of the Catalan health and education systems, which is directly affecting our state of health and our future as a society.
This situation, just as your co-operator, Mr. Étienne Davignon (European co-ordinator for the high speed railway interconnection between Spain and France ) has acknowledged publicly, has arisen because over the last few decades the various Spanish governments (both PSOE and PP) have failed to invest sufficiently in Catalonia .Or to put it more clearly, we can emphatically confirm that the Spanish State treats Catalonia on purely colonial terms, which completely contradicts the democratic principles that should govern the European Union. One need only look at the tax deficit between Catalonia and the central Spanish government, which has been calculated by respected Catalan economists, and which in 2005 (last available figures) was 19,177 million Euros, and the tax deficit accumulated between 1986 and 2005 that totals 191,000 million euros (according to the value of the Euro in 2005).
This painful situation has reached a climax that is already directly affecting the economic development and physical and psychological wellbeing of certain European citizens, namely the Catalans. Naturally, we are explaining our sorrowful situation to you because we are affected by it every day. However, please take into consideration that we are also talking on behalf of future Catalan (and consequently, European) generations who, if this general collapse continues, will see their future jeopardised. Naturally, we are referring to our own children. And, it is only common sense to see that, faced with this situation, we can only guarantee a collective, prosperous future through an independent Catalonia that is linked directly to Europe. We are firmly convinced of this, and that is the orientation we will give to our politics from now onwards.
Naturally, we are addressing you, Mr. Barrot, because you are also in a position to serve and help us, and because we want to believe that the European institutions really do defend citizen interests. But, essentially, we are addressing you because our governors have failed us and are continuing to fail us spectacularly. The Catalan political leaders who should stand up to anyone or anything to guarantee our most basic rights, are only interested today in attending to their personal or party needs, and at every election, this causes further distancing in the form of increased electoral absentees. That is why, in our capacity as fully fledged members of the European Union, we demand that you, the Head of EU transport, apply the following:
1.- That you use all the mechanisms in your power to put an end to the disastrous situation that we have described, beginning with the catastrophe of the commuter railway service in the city of Barcelona that is affecting thousands of Catalans every day, and the delay in implementing the High Speed Train works and the link with France.
2.- That you call upon the government in Madrid so that once and for all they publish all the tax balances between the various autonomous communities in the Spanish State (the Spanish government actually approved this publication in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2005, but no Spanish government has been dignified enough to carry it through). By publishing these balances and increasing the transparency regarding this issue, we will be able to prove that the Catalans are being treated shamefully and in a discriminatory manner with respect to the amount of investment the Spanish government assigns to Catalonia
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PBS Hawaii - Insights: A Conversation with Our Four Mayors: What is the State of Hawaii's Counties?
Insights on PBS Hawaii is bringing together all four mayors from Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui and Oahu. What needs do all the counties have in common? What do the individual mayors think about issues like tourism, taxes, alternative energy, agriculture and development?
On this installment of Insights, A conversation with our four mayors: What is the state of Hawaii's counties?
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Mayor Alan Arakawa, Maui County
Mayor Kirk Caldwell, Honolulu County
Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Kauai County
Mayor Billy Kenoi, Hawaii County
PBS Hawaii - HIKI NŌ Episode 505 | Hosted by Seabury Hall Middle | Full Program V2
Premiere Airdate: October 31, 2013.
This episode of HIKI NŌ is being hosted by Seabury Hall Middle School in upcounty Maui.
TOP STORIES: From Lahainaluna High School on Maui comes the story of Kimberly Yap, a senior at Lahainaluna who moved to Maui at age five from the small Micronesian island of Kiribati. With high school graduation in the near future, Kimberly faces the tough choice of either staying in the U.S. to go to college and pursue a career, or moving back to Kiribati and its very traditional way of life. According to Kimberly, Kiribati culture insists on women playing a supportive, subservient role to men. Careers and higher education are not considered proper choices for women, and Kimberly has aspirations for a professional career. Also adding to her conflicted emotions is the fact that Kiribati and its culture are in danger of extinction, as the island is gradually submerging due to rising sea levels caused by global warning. From King Kekaulike High School on Maui, the story of the Haku Baldwin Therapeutic Riding Center, where special needs children from ages 2 to 17 receive the therapeutic benefits of horseback riding.
ALSO FEATURED: Also featured: Students from Waipahu Intermediate School in Central Oahu tell the story behind the Waipahu smokestack ( a remnant from Waipahu's sugar plantation days); Kauai's Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha Public Charter School reports on an opihi survey that is charting of the effects of the human population on Kauai's opihi population; students from Kapolei High School on Oahu tell the story of a real-life circus family; students from Waimea Canyon Middle School on Kauai show us how to form a traditional Hawaiian salt bed; and students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy in Waimea on Hawaii Island present information on ocean safety.