The 135 Foot Dive

nospam@example.com (Gabriel Murphy) — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:19:00 -0700

Today, Ryan Elledge and I went out on Ed Robinson's Diving Adventures 32' dive boat for a two tank dive off the shores of Wailea, Maui. I was hoping we would get to dive the backside of Molokini Crater as I had heard that this is a challenging dive. From what I understand, the ocean floor is in 3,600 feet of water and Molokini is a vertical wall filled with eels and other interesting aquatic life. Most dive shops in the area qualify this dive as an advanced dive as you have to have excellent control of your buoyancy to avoid drifting while maintaining a consistent depth. As it turned out, the waters that morning were very rough and we could not make this dive. Instead we dove the side of the crater, which goes into the water at an approximate 45 degree angle. Our dive master informed us that per the dive plan, we would be diving to a depth of 60-80 feet.

Once we got into the water we found the visibility was at least 200 feet. We came across a number of Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles, butterfly fish as well as some white tip reef shark. Ryan and I ventured a little off the dive plan and ended up at 120 feet before it occured to us we were at 100+ feet. Knowing (or thinking) I was certified at 135 feet, I saw some white tip reef shark about 15 feet down and immediately decented to get my depth gage to record 135.

After the dive I learned that the NAUI certification is only at 130 feet- the dive guide was not impressed with our venturing off the dive plan.

Our Timeshare in Maui, Hawaii

nospam@example.com (Gabriel Murphy) — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:19:01 -0800

I thought I should ante-up and be a good guy and get my wife something special for her 30th birthday. I decided to take her to Maui for a week. We ended up staying at the Sheraton on Kaanapali Beach. By the end of the week we ended up buying an oceanside timeshare at the Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas and plan to go back the same time every year.

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The 135 Foot Dive

Our Timeshare in Maui, Hawaii