I think my favorite thing we did while in Maui was the sea kayaking. It was the beginning of whale season...so you go out in your kayaks in hopes to see whales. We woke up bright and early and met our guide at 7am. The sun wasn't even up yet when we left our hotel. It was a gorgeous morning...the water was so calm and clear. It felt like we were out on a lake it was so calm. While kayaking out in the shallow areas, you could see right to the bottom. It was almost like you were snorkling. you could see the fish down there clear as the day. When we started out, we let our guide know that we really wanted to see the whales. He said...ok, but I can't really guarantee anything. Wow!!! did we see whales. Beautiful. We saw them about 20 feet away from our kayak. Their backs would pop out 2 or 3 times...and then they would do descend and flip their tails in the air. It was absolutely breathtaking. The water so clear and whales just right there in front of you. Everytime I think about this morning, I wish to recreate it someday. It was so magical.
As we were headed into shore from kayaking, there is a great snorkling spot that we stopped at. It is a turtle cleaning station. so we got to see turtles...so cool. We snorkeled there for a bit and the water was soooo clear. It was amazing. Just as we were packing up our snorkel gear and headed out...one of our guide's buddies came up and told him he just saw a monk seal in teh area we were at. So we decided to hang out there for a bit and see if we could see him. We waited about 15 minutes...and that seal popped up right at our friend's bow of their boat. he came up 3 or 4 times and just breathed and looked at us. Amazing. The monk seal is an endangered species. There are only about 1000 left in existence. So amazing to see...and he was so close. Just looking at us...breathing.
this is not my photo...but this is what we saw....so amazing!
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