dwroesekejr
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Hey all, New to the forum but just wanted to let ya'll know about an amazing shore dive my sister and I did with Doug Corbin of Shaka Divers in Maui. We were cruising on the NCL Pride of America for our first trip to the Hawaii Islands and arranged the morning shore dive online through http://www.shakadivers.com. January 16, 2007 we met Doug and his 'Scuba Bus' in Lihue then followed him to Makena Landing. My sister and I are both certified but don't get to dive very often, so it was great to have Doug with all his equipment and expertise AND as luck would have it we were the only two with him that morning.
The dive was fantastic, easy entry, great coral, some eels, some fish, a few turtles and then there are a couple of small caves off of Makena. In one we saw a couple of Reef Sharks hanging out under the ledges and not wanting to have much to do with us. In the other cave though, there was a once in a lifetime find! A Hawaiian Monk Seal!!! An endangered species, she was about 5 ft maybe 200 lbs and just hanging in the cave. We just kinda laid low in the entrance to the cave and relaxed to watch her. She was catching breaths of air from the top of the cave and then squeezing under a ledge to relax and scratch her belly on the rocks. Well after a few minutes of us just laying on the bottom not moving, she decided to say HI! She spent the next 5-10 minutes nuzzling my face plate, rubbing in my hair and generally being extremely loving!!! It was INCREDIBLE, I just remained calm and didn't move except for my head to kinda play with her like a big pussy cat wanting some loving'. Eventually she went back up for air and then decided to relax back under her ledge.
Best of all we have it all on camera and video!!! Part of our deal with Doug was a free photo cd for booking online, so he had his camera for the whole dive. My sister and I have some amazing memories now permanently recorded and the photo cd was waiting in my mailbox when I got home less then a week later. I'll try and post a pic or two here.
Thanks Doug, you rock!!! Looking for a shore dive in Maui, follow the scuba bus blowing bubbles down the road!
The dive was fantastic, easy entry, great coral, some eels, some fish, a few turtles and then there are a couple of small caves off of Makena. In one we saw a couple of Reef Sharks hanging out under the ledges and not wanting to have much to do with us. In the other cave though, there was a once in a lifetime find! A Hawaiian Monk Seal!!! An endangered species, she was about 5 ft maybe 200 lbs and just hanging in the cave. We just kinda laid low in the entrance to the cave and relaxed to watch her. She was catching breaths of air from the top of the cave and then squeezing under a ledge to relax and scratch her belly on the rocks. Well after a few minutes of us just laying on the bottom not moving, she decided to say HI! She spent the next 5-10 minutes nuzzling my face plate, rubbing in my hair and generally being extremely loving!!! It was INCREDIBLE, I just remained calm and didn't move except for my head to kinda play with her like a big pussy cat wanting some loving'. Eventually she went back up for air and then decided to relax back under her ledge.
Best of all we have it all on camera and video!!! Part of our deal with Doug was a free photo cd for booking online, so he had his camera for the whole dive. My sister and I have some amazing memories now permanently recorded and the photo cd was waiting in my mailbox when I got home less then a week later. I'll try and post a pic or two here.
Thanks Doug, you rock!!! Looking for a shore dive in Maui, follow the scuba bus blowing bubbles down the road!
