Today we went on an adventure...and it really was an adventure!
This is a map of a Snorkel Safari trip we went on. This is the coolest thing to do if you are visiting Maui. A lot of the boat/snorkel trips you can take are just out to a spot or two, that do have cool snorkel sites, BUT this was way more than that! This boat took you around the entire island of Lana'i. There are a ton of pics that show some of our cool adventure.
{Hank, my brother in law}
This boat trip was an all day event. We got to the marina at 6:30am and promptly boarded the boat. The advertisement that we had seen said this boat was, "The Luxury of a Catamaran, The Performance of a Raft".....we were a little hesitant! It was funny. The boat was so nice though. The waterway between Maui & Lana'i is rough, that is why most snorkel trips will not even attempt this trip. The owner of this company/boat had this boat built specifically to handle this trip. There are only 2 companies that will go on this trip & the other boat looks more like a small raft!
{my brother Paul & I hanging out}
They are LOVING this trip! Actually we were on the boat for 7 1/2 hours, so this nap was well deserved. We visited shipwreck sites, remote beaches, ancient fishing villages, super cool caves and 2,000 foot sea cliffs. We snorkeled where no other boats go. It was a true Adventure!! We had lunch on board also. It was so much fun!!
This ship was interesting in that the hull was made out of concrete. It was used during the WWII, after the war the captain was told to sink the ship. He didn't want to do that though so he purposely ran it aground here. 
Some of the cool fish....there were so many fish that you don't normally see when you are snorkeling in Hawaii. This reefs are undisturbed, which make for beautiful areas
I found this super cool starfish. I was always finding neat things & "yelling" for Paul to come take pictures of them, or asking, "what in the world is that?"
This was a huge sea snail that Paul had found
Paul & Hank...they were LOVING this day!!
Some of the beautiful scenery...this is where we stopped to eat lunch
Paul diving (crazy)
This was our last snorkel spot called "Sharks Fin"
It was beautiful!!
A large puffer fish
We saw several eels, but this was the coolest shot of one!
We had two captains on our boat. This was Captain Eric. He was looking for some cool things to show us and he found this octopus! He grabbed it & brought it up to show us. It was interesting in that this octopus would NOT leave Eric because he knows that if he "leaves" him, that he would be fish food, literally. The fish would eat him alive! He said as soon as he dives under the water & would get close enough to something that the octopus would be able to go to and be safe that he would release himself from Eric & swim to safety. And that is exactly what he did!
Swimming to safety!This was the best day...I highly recommend this trip if it's possible!
