Honokahua Bay Snorkeling & Exploring

Today started with less drizzle than most of our other days here. My early morning rise was pushing 6am instead of the usual 5am. After a hodgepodge of breakfast leftovers and even a few ribs heated up, we set off for an early morning jaunt to Honokahua Bay where many tour boats take people for snorkel excursions. 

It’s only a ten minute drive from our condo in West Maui but the landscape seems to change rather drastically. It seemed much more lush and green on our walk to the bay. Vines were growing in the exterior trunks of trees creating this tropical look that seemed almost artificial. 

You have to be careful for dropping mangos because they really do just drop when they are ripe and there were mango pits/seeds smashed all over the walking path. It reminded me of that scene in the movie Castaway where he thinks someone is in the bushes because coconuts keep falling to the ground  

The bay water is a warm 79 degrees so wadding in was no problem, but the rocky shoreline wasn’t so comfortable for our feet. We forgot the water shoes back at the condo. The snorkeling was decent after you moved away from the shore, and the fish were certainly bigger than in our cove…BUT we struggled to see turtles. We finally saw one small guy but that was all. It was cool to see a different place for snorkeling snd to check out this lush rainforest. 

We headed back for lunch and drinks before someone put on the newish Disney live action Mulan. Somehow, six of us found ourselves captivated by the storyline and two hours later we decided it was a pretty good film. 

The kids had some photos to pick up in Lahaina so Denise and I decided to head out on a girls trip to retrieve them as well as to check out a few more shops (and I needed to drop off an Amazon return at the UPS store). 

We walked for a bit, scored free street parking, bought more souvenirs (super cute wood carving shop with photo opp wall below), got a Dole Whip, and headed back to the condo where Joe was bbqing chicken and T was making coconut rice. 

Yum yum. Dinner was divine. If you haven’t been able to figure it out yet, our vacations revolve around eating. After the adults observed and coached another game of Spikeball, the kids decided it was bed time. An early rise awaits us tomorrow as we embark on the road to Hana!